Mine detail: Sechura Desert Phosphate Deposits

Location:	Piura, Lambayeque, Peru, South America
Lat / long:	-5.99811, -80.49983
dep_id:	60000445
mrds_id:	I000316
Commodity type:	nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Phosphorus-Phosphates
Minor mineral:	Diatomite
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	MARINE CHEMICAL SEDIMENT
Production size:	Large ammount of material produced
Development status:	Prospect
Structure:	SECHURA DEPRESSION
disc_yr:	1951
References:	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.