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Mait Island Guano Mine

Producer in Somalia with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011801
MRDS ID D006946
Record type Site
Current site name Mait Island Guano Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 47.21772, 11.20055 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Somalia(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Somalia

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES FROM NIMA'S GEONAMES DATABASE ARE FOR MAIT ISLAND

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 47.21772, 11.20055
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNT, J. A., 1951, A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE SOMALILAND PROTECTORATE 1944-1950: CROWN AGENTS, LONDON, 203 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Greenwood, William R. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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