Pascagoula Phosphoric Acid Plant

Producer in Adams county in Mississippi, United States 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10122143
MAS/MILS ID 0280018801
Record type Site
Current site name Pascagoula Phosphoric Acid Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -88.50034, 30.35943 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Mississippi(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pascagoula South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Biloxi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mobile(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mississippi Coastal(hydrologic unit)

Pascagoula(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pascagoula(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Mississippi Adams

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -88.50034, 30.35943

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1965

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mississippi Phosphate Co. (Div Of Miss. Chem. Corp.)
    Interest 100
    Home office Mississippi
    Year 1987

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INTERNATIONAL FERTILIZER INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION. PHOSPHORIC

  • Deposit

    ACID, TRIPLE SUPERPHOSPHATE AND AMMONIUM PHOSPHATE PLANTS

  • Deposit

    1988 SURVEY. AUGUST 1988, 39PP.

  • Deposit

    BRITISH SULPHUR CORPORATION. WORLD FERTILIZER ATLAS, EIGHTH

  • Deposit

    ED. APRIL 1987, 121PP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-OCT-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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