Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
Commodity typeN
Deposit
WorkingsSurface, Underground
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1942
Discovery year1936
Identification
Deposit ID10134223
Alternate namesKara Tau Phosphate Basin, Karatau Group
RegionAS
Data scoreC
Coordinates43.14811, 70.50075
References
BRITISH SULPHUR CORPORATION, WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATEDEPOSITS, FIFTH ED., 1987, PP. 224, 237-239.E & MJ, SOVIET BUREAUCRATS SQUABBLE OVER USE OFPHOSPHATE ROCK, APRIL 1980.E & MJ, RUSSIAN MINING SECTO PROBLEMS NEGLECTED BYBUREAUCRATS(PRAVDA), DECEMBER 1980, P. 13.ISMA, NEWS ITEM REGARDING PHOSPHATES AT OKTYNBINSK, USSR,1981MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, EASTERN EUROPE PHOSPHATE, 1981,PP. 590-591OFFICIAL STANDARD NAMES, U.S.S.R., VOL. II, C-J, UNITEDSTATES BOARD ON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES. PAGE 329.STRISHKOV, E.M., 1977, MINERAL INDUSTRIES OF THE USSR,BUREAU OF MINES, US DEPT. OF INTERIOR, PUBLICATION MP-2,19PP.