Mine detail: Sechura Desert Phosphate Deposits

Previously called 'Bayovar'

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Location

Lat / long: -5.99811, -80.49983

Resource(N)

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Secondary: Diatomite
Discovery year: 1951

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: MARINE CHEMICAL SEDIMENT
Production size: Large
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Structure:SECHURA DEPRESSION

References

MRDSI000316
DEP60000445
Reference{Deposit:: HARBEN, P.W., AND BATES, R.L., 1990, PHOSPHATE ROCK, IN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS GEOLOGY AND WORLD DEPOSITS: LONDON, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS DIVISION METAL BULLETIN PLC, P. 190-204.}{Deposit:: CHENEY, T.M., MCCLELLAN, G.H., AND MONTGOMERY, E.S., 1979, SECHURA PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, THEIR STRATIGRAPHY, ORIGIN, AND COMPOSITION: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 74, NO. 2, P. 232-259.}{Deposit:: KRAUSS AND OTHERS, 1984, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT--PHOSPHATE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-C, 41 P.}