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SRC-859

United States Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries, phosphate rock chapter, editions of January 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, prepared by Stephen M. Jasinski

Source ID: SRC-859
Citation: United States Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries, phosphate rock chapter, editions of January 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, prepared by Stephen M. Jasinski
URL or path: https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/mineral-pubs/phosphate-rock/mcs-2014-phosp.pdf and the same path for 2015 to 2018; 2019 at https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/atoms/files/mcs-2019-phosp.pdf ; research/PART12_RECHECK_2026-10-16/usgs/mcs-2014-phosp.pdf to mcs-2019-phosp.pdf; renders research/CLOSING2_HELD_2026-10-18/usgs/
Type: Primary statistical publication of a United States government scientific agency
Hierarchy tier: 1
Published: 2014-01/2019-01
Accessed: 2026-10-16; 2026-10-18
Snapshot: Retrieved 16 October 2026 (research/PART12_RECHECK_2026-10-16/ FETCH_RECORD: 2014 HTTP 200 31,466 B; 2019 first route 403, then 200 96,103 B); bytes 31,466 / 70,584 / 31,325 / 27,846 / 43,526 / 96,103; SHA-256 2014 2d9be6fa…, 2015 5e21743d…, 2016 79da7b3b…, 2017 aee27dbc…, 2018 c943a423…, 2019 1258f246…
Claims: CH9 v42 l.61: 'every annual edition from January 2008 to February 2026, nineteen in all' (with SRC-790, SRC-375 and SRC-379)
Status: READ_IN_PART

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The register keeps changing after the book is fixed in print. Each entry below was added to this row in the order shown.

READ AT THE TABLE 18 October 2026 (HELD.md 'Chapter 9 l.61'; re-checked by unit CL2-D at the text layer and, for 2017, at the render mcs2017_p2_y485.png). SYRIA'S ROW, mine production for two years then reserves, thousand metric tons: 2014 '1,000 500 1,800,000'; 2015 '500 1,000 1,800,000'; 2016 '1,230 750 1,800,000'; 2017 '750 — 1,800,000'; 2018 '— 100 1,800,000'; 2019 '100 100 1,800,000'. So the 1,800,000 stood in every edition from January 2011 to 2021, and l.71's 'moved twice in fifteen years' holds. The 2017 edition's note, 'The phosphate rock mines in Iraq and Syria were reported to be closed in late 2015 because of ongoing conflicts in that region', is not printed (HELD.md). NOT READ: the domestic sections and the rest of each note. The book prints no value from these editions (CH09-USGS-EDITIONS Note stands); it prints the count.