Commodities
TertiaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
Commodity typeN
Materials
Other materialsApatite, Magnetite, Mica, Olivine, Pyrochlore, Serpentine
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1943
Discovery year1940
Identification
Deposit ID10255352
RegionSA
Data scoreD
Coordinates-24.7374, -48.049
References
HARRINGTON,J.F., WARD,DE, ET AL, 1966, SOURCES OF FERTILIZERIN SOUTH AMER.: A PRELIM. STUDY: USGS BULL 1240.MCKELVEY, V.E., 1967, PHOSPHATE DEP.:USGS BULL 1252-D.NOYES DEVEL. CORP., 1963, INTER. FERT. GUIDE.THE BRITISH SUL. CORP., LTD.,1964, A WORLD SURV. AT PHOS. DEED., 206PP.TUTTLE,O.F., AND GITTINS,J., CARBONATITES: INTERSCIENCE PUB.WILEY & SONS, N.Y.PP.169-181