Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeChemical Sediment, Marine
Deposit sizeY
Geology
Host rockClay, Mud,Sand and Gravel,Limestone,Phosphorite · Cenomanian;Cenomanian;Albian
StructureDneprovsk-Donetsk Basin
Tectonic settingRussian Platform
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Last production1982
Discovery year1924
Identification
Deposit ID10024711
MRDS IDISM0450
Alternate namesShigrovskoe, Shigry
RegionEU
Data scoreB
Coordinates51.83159, 36.90193
References
THE BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDONDROZHEVA, P.P. & ORLOVA, E.V., 1937: THE CENOMANIAN PHOSPHORITE-BEARING SEDIMENTS OF THE NORTHERN BORDER OF THE DEPRESSION OF THE DNIEPR AND THE DONETZ. IN: GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF AGRICULTURAL ORES USSR; TRANSACT. SCI INST. FERTILIZERS & INSECTO-FUNGIC. NO.142