Mine detail: Bayovar

Previously called 'Sechura Phosphate Deposits'

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Location: Piura, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -5.83143, -81.04985
dep_id: 60000489
mrds_id: I001038
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Trace mineral: Diatomite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: MARINE SEDIMENTARY
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
References:
  • Deposit:: DIEZ CANSECO, CARLOS, VARGAS, JORGE, AND VICUNA, ROBERTO, 1992, MINING INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN PERU: MINING MAGAZINE, V. 166, NO. 4, P. 208-213.
  • 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:: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1995, PHOSPHATE DEPOSIT FOR SALE, IN WORLD OF MINERALS: NO. 328, P. 13, 15.
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