Pulmoddai

Past Producer in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka with commodity Zirconium
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. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000862
MRDS ID ISM0754
Record type District
Current site name Pulmoddai

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 80.9503, 8.95069 (WGS84)
Relative position DEPOSIT LOCATED ON THE BEACH NEAR THE VILLAGE OF PULMODDAI, 58KM NORTH OF THE TOWN OF TRINCOMALEE, 400KM NE OF COLOMBO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Anuradhapura(province)

Sri Lanka(country)

Geographic areas

Country State
Sri Lanka Anuradhapura

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zirconium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 80.9503, 8.95069

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1985, WORLD MINERAL STATISTICS (1979-83), PRODUCTION, EXPORTS, IMPORTS: KEYWSORTH, BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, P. 292-9

  • Deposit

    CLARK, GERRY., 1983, MINERAL SANDS--LOOKING TO EXPANSION, IN SRI LANKA'S INDUSTRIAL MINERALS - MUCH POTENTIAL TO BE REALIZED: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS NO. 193, P. 61-71.

  • Deposit

    MEYER, K., 1983, TITANIUM AND ZIRCON PLACER PROSPECTING OFF PULMODDAI, SR LANKA: MARINE MINING. 4, NO. 2/3, P. 139-167.

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES., 1988, MINERALS YEARBOOK (1925-86): WASHINGTON, DC, US GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 122.

Beyond USGS

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