Producer

Karatau District

Kazakhstan
Phosphorus-Phosphates
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Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeCHEMICAL SEDIMENT, MARINE
Deposit sizeY
Geology
StructureKARATAU BASIN
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1964
Discovery year1936
Identification
Deposit ID60000693
MRDS IDISM0445
Alternate namesUshbas, Kokdzhon, Koksu, Akzhar, Geres, Dzhanytas, Berkuty, Dzhilan, Aksay (Aksasyk Group), Chulaktau (Chulaktausk Group)
RegionAS
Data scoreD
Coordinates43.14811, 70.46745
References
MIKHAYLOV, A.S., 1984:FOSFORITY; IN: PETROV, V.P. (EDITOR), 1984: NONMETALLIC USABLE RAW MATERIALS OF THE USSR, A REFERENCE BOOK (RUSSIAN), MOSCOV, NEDRA 1984POLYAKOV, V.V. AND TABYLDIEV, K.T., 1977: FOSFORITY; IN KOZLOVSKIY, E.A., (EDITOR), 1977: GEOLOGIYA SSSR, VOL.40 (SOUTHERN KAZAKHSTAN), PART 3, USEFUL MINERALS, MOSCOV, NEDRATHE BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, LONDONPHOSPHORUS AND POTASSIUM, NO.79, SEPT./OCT. 1976, P.19-22