Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
Commodity typeN
Materials
Other materialsApatite, Goethite, Hematite, Magnetite, Rutile
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
First production1973
Discovery year1971
Identification
Deposit ID10239570
RegionAS
Data scoreC
Coordinates8.16747, 80.66701
References
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, OCTOBER 1983, P. 50.MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1984, P. 352.MINING MAGAZINE, MAY 1984, P. 466."PHOSPHATE FERTILIZER FROM SRI LANKAN APATITE", MININGMAGAZINE, JANUARY 1985, PP. 10-11.MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1985, P. 395.INTERNATIONAL MINING, AUG 1986, PP. 100-101.MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1987, PP. 369-370.MINING JOURNAL, DECEMBER, 11, 1987, P.481.BRITISH SULPHUR CORPORATION, WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATEDEPOSITS, FIFTH ED., 1987, LONDON, PP. 204-205.MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1988, P. 350.PHOSPHOROUS & POTASSIUM, NO. 154, MAR/APR 1988, PP. 11-12.INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, MARCH 1990, PP. 134-135.