Producer

Kovdor Phosphate

Russia
Phosphorus-Phosphates
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Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
Commodity typeN
Deposit
WorkingsSurface
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1974
Discovery year1923
Identification
Deposit ID10159831
Alternate namesKovdor MineKovdor, Kovdor Combine
RegionEU
Data scoreC
Coordinates67.56518, 30.40333
References
BRITISH SULPHUR CORPORATION LTD., WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATEDEPOSITS, 1987, 5TH EDITION, PP. 224,229-230.DZHUMALIEV, T.D., 1972, PHOSPHORITE-BEARING DEPOSITS AT THEBASE OF THE SHABAKTY FORMATION OF THE MALYL KARATAU INKAZAKHSTAN. LITOLOGIYA; POLEZMJE ISKAPAENIYE, 3,PP.76-85, TRANSLATIONS AVAILABALE FROM CONSULTANTS BUREAU,PLENUM PRESS, NEW YORK.ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1973, SOVIET UNION EXPANDINGMINERALS INDUSTRY, JULY.ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1980A, SOVIET BUREAUCRATSSQUABBLE OVER USE OF PHOSPHATE ROCK, APRIL.ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1980B, RUSSIAN MINING SECTORPROBLEMS NEGLECTED BY BUREAUCRATS - PRAVDA, DECEMBER, P13.ISMA, 1981, NEWS ITEM REGARDING PHOSPHATES AT OKTYNBINSK,U.S.S.R.MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1981, EASTERN EUROPE PHOSPHATE, PP.590-591.MINING MAGAZINE, 1975, SUB-LEVEL CAVING IN SOVIET APATITE-NEPHELINE ORE, NOVEMBER, P. 405.PHOSPHORUS & POTASSIUM, 1978, NEWS ITEM REGARDING U.S.S.R.NO. 94 (3/4).PHOSPHORUS & POTASSIUM, 1979A, SOVIET PHOSPHATES IN TENTHFYP-I, NO. 102 (7/8), PP. 16-17, 19-20.PHOSPHORUS & POTASSIUM, 1979B, SOVIET PHOSPHATES IN TENTHFYP-II, NO. 103 (9/10), PP. 21-23, 43.SILVA, ANTENOR FIRMINO, JR., 1979, BENEFICIATION PROCESSAND ECONOMICS OF THE USE OF LOW GRADE PHOSPHATE ROCK.UNPUBLISHED REPORT, PAULO ABIB ENG., S. A., SAO PAULOBRAZIL. 18 PP. + 4 FIGURES.STRISHKOV, E.M., 1977, MINERAL INDUSTRIES OF THE U.S.S.R.,BUREAU OF MINES, U.S. DEPT. OF INTERIOR, PUB. MP-2, 19P.ZELLARS, M.E. AND J.M. WILLIAMS, 1978, EVALUATION OF THEPHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF FLORIDA USING THE MINERALS AVAILA-BILITY SYSTEM. FINAL REPORT. PREPARED FOR THE BUREAU OFMINES, U.S. DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR, CONTRACT NO. J0377000,ZELLARS-WILLIAMS, INC., LAKELAND, FLORIDA.NOTHOLT, ARTHUR, J.G., 1979, THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY ANDDEVELOPMENT OF IGNEOUS PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS IN EUROPE ANDTHE U.S.S.R., ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 74, PP. 339-350.