Mine detail: Pulmoddai Deposit

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Location: Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, Asia
Lat / long: 8.95069, 80.9503
dep_id: 60000809
mrds_id: ISM0663
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zirconium, Titanium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
Structure: COASTAL BEACH
Year first produced: 1961
disc_yr: 1920
References:
  • Deposit:: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1983, SRI LANKA - MINERAL SANDS - LOOKING TO EXPANSION: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, OCTOBER 1983, P. 63-65.
  • Deposit:: ADAMS, REG, 1984, TITANIUM AND TITANIUM DIOXIDE: FINANCIAL TIMES INFORMATION LTD. LONDON, P. 48.
  • Deposit:: BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SERVICES 1985, WORLD MINERAL STATISTICS 1979-83, PRODUCTION, EXPORTS, IMPORTS: LONDON, HER MAJEST* STATIONARY OFFICE, P. 246-251.
  • Deposit:: OFFICE OF THE AUSTRALIAN TRADE COMMISSION NEW DELHI, 1984, (MEMO TO AUSTRALIAN DEPARTMENT OF TRADE, 17 MAY 1984).
  • Deposit:: MEYER, K., 1983, TITANIUM AND ZIRCON PLACER PROSPECTION OFF PULMODDAI, SRI LANKA: MARINE MINING, VOL. 4, NO 2/3, P. 139-167.
  • Deposit:: LYND, L.E., AND LEFOND, S.J., 1975, TITANIUM MINERALS, IN LEFOND, S.J. (ED). INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS (NONMETALLICS OTHER THAN FUELS): AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALL. AND PETROL. ENGINEERING INC. 4TH ED.
  • Deposit:: WORLD MINING, 1983, YEARBOOK CATALOGUE, SURVEY AND DIRECTORY: WORLD MINING, AUGUST 1983, P. 148.
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