Eppawella Project

Producer in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000698
MRDS ID ISM0457
Record type District
Current site name Eppawella Project
Alternate or previous names Kiriwelhinna, Epawalla, Eppawela

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 80.40031, 8.16747 (WGS84)
Relative position DISTANCE TO COLOMBO VIA KURUNEGALI BY ROAD IS 115 KM. MAXIMUM LENGTH OF DEPOSIT 4.5 KM (IN N-S DIRECTION) MAXIMUM WIDTH OF DEPOSIT 0.7 KM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Anuradhapura(province)

Sri Lanka(country)

Geographic areas

Country State
Sri Lanka Anuradhapura

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 80.40031, 8.16747

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Discovery year 1971
Year of first production 1980

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner SRI LANKA GOVT. (GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT)
  • Type Operator
    Owner MINING AND MINERAL DEVELOPMENT CORP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDON

  • Deposit

    JAYAWARDENA, 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, HONULULU

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHORUS AND POTASSIUM, NO.114, 1981, LONDON

Beyond USGS

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