Commodities
PrimaryBentonite, Aluminum, Phosphorus-Phosphates
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeCHEMICAL SEDIMENT, MARINE, RESIDUAL ENRICHMENT
Deposit sizeN
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1948
Identification
Deposit ID60000673
MRDS IDISM0400
Alternate namesPallo Mine, Lam-Lam Operations
RegionAF
Data scoreD
Coordinates14.8839, -16.9153
References
THE BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDONFLICOTEAUX, R. ET AL., 1977: GENESE DES PHOSPHATES ALUMINEUX...DU TERTIAIRE DE LAM-LAM (SENEGAL). SCI. GEOL. BULL.30,3, P.153-174, STRASBOURGFLICOTEAUX, R., 1975: SUR L'ATTRIBUTION A L'EOCENE MOYEN DES COUCHES CALCAIRES ET ARGILO PHOSPHATES DE PALLO. SOC. GEOL. DE FRANCE, BULL.7., XVII, 1975, NO.3, PP.430-434FLICOTEAUX, R., 1982: GENESE DES PHOSPHATES ALUMINEUX DU SENEGAL OCCIDENTAL... SCI. GEOL. MEM., NO.67, STRASBOURG