Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeMAGMATIC, CARBONATITE (?) RESIDUAL ENRICHMENT, SEE FOR G13
Deposit sizeY
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1980
Discovery year1971
Identification
Deposit ID60000698
MRDS IDISM0457
Alternate namesKiriwelhinna, Epawalla, Eppawela
RegionAS
Data scoreD
Coordinates8.16747, 80.40031
References
BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDONJAYAWARDENA, D.E. DE S., 1980: THE OCCURRENCE OF ROCK PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS IN SRI LANKA IN RELATION TO THE PRECAMBRIAN BASEMENT. EAST-WEST RESOURCE SYSTEMS INSTITUTE, HONULULUPHOSPHORUS AND POTASSIUM, NO.114, 1981, LONDON