Early Cambrian marine sedimentary phosphate deposit, consisting of siliceous, dolomitic and glauconitic phosphorite beds and nodules hosted in dolomite, chert and clay.
Ref.:
- Yeh Lientsun, Sun Shu, Chen Quying & Guo Shizeng (1986): Proterozoic and Cambrian phosphorite deposits: Kunyang, Yunnan, China. In: Cook, P.J. and Shergold, J.H. (eds.): Phosphate Deposits of the World, 1: Proterozoic and Cambrian Phosphorites. Cambridge University Press (Cambridge, UK), 149–154.
- Chernoff, C.B. and Orris, G.J. (2002): Data Set of World Phosphate Mines, Deposits and Occurrences - Part A. Geologic Data. USGS Open-File Report 02-156-A.
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