Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
TertiaryDiatomite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeMARINE SEDIMENTARY
Deposit sizeS
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID60000489
MRDS IDI001038
Alternate namesSechura Phosphate Deposits
RegionSA
Data scoreD
Coordinates-5.83143, -81.04985
References
DIEZ CANSECO, CARLOS, VARGAS, JORGE, AND VICUNA, ROBERTO, 1992, MINING INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN PERU: MINING MAGAZINE, V. 166, NO. 4, P. 208-213.HARBEN, P.W., AND BATES, R.L., 1990, PHOSPHATE ROCK, IN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS GEOLOGY AND WORLD DEPOSITS: LONDON, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS DIVISION METAL BULLETIN PLC, P. 190-204.CHENEY, T.M., MCCLELLAN, G.H., AND MONTGOMERY, E.S., 1979, SECHURA PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, THEIR STRATIGRAPHY, ORIGIN, AND COMPOSITION: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 74, NO. 2, P. 232-259.INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1995, PHOSPHATE DEPOSIT FOR SALE, IN WORLD OF MINERALS: NO. 328, P. 13, 15.