1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Nauru Island

Producer in Aiwo, Nauru with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024732
MRDS ID ISM0475
Record type Site
Current site name Nauru Island

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 166.93195, -0.51504 (WGS84)
Elevation 40
Relative position CENTROID, ABOUT 1 KM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Aiwo(province)

Nauru(country)

Geographic areas

Country State
Nauru Aiwo

Comments on the location information

  • 170KM FROM BAMAKO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LITHIUM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) 166.93195, -0.51504
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; QUARTZ.MICROCLINE,ALBITE,SPODUMENE.; MAIN ORE BODIES:SEE FOR S6

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1906
Year of last production 1983

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Nauru Phosphate Corp.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Total resources 3000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates Bpl 80 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1977
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Total resources 23000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates Bpl 80 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1982

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • REPORTERS OPINION:R1S

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. ().

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BOURROUILH LE JAN, F.G., 1979: PHOSPHATES, SOLS BAUXITIQUES ET KARSTS DOLOMITIQUES DU CENTRE ET SW PACIFIQUE. DOCUMENTS DU BRGM, NO.24, 1980, P.114-128

  • Production

    BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., P.199, LONDON; MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1982, P.103, LONDON BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., P.199, LONDON; MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1982, P.103, LONDON; WORLD MINING, VOL.2, 1975, P.81, SAN FRANCISCO

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1983 Krauss, Ulrich H. Bundesanstalt Fuer Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffee (Germany)

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site