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Phosphate Pit

Past Producer in Beaufort county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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  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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10200161
MRDS ID W020851
MAS/MILS ID 0370130006
Record type Site
Current site name Phosphate Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -77.04152, 35.51215 (WGS84)
Elevation 500
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position Point placed in one of the water filled pits.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaufort(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Washington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rocky Mount(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rocky Mount(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pamlico(hydrologic unit)

Pamlico(hydrologic accounting unit)

Neuse-Pamlico(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Beaufort

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -77.04152, 35.51215
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1978

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Potash Corp. Of Saskatchewan
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1995
    First year 1995
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Texasgulf Sulphur Co., Inc (Elf Aquitain Sa/Others)
    Interest 100
    Home office Connecticut
  • Type Owner
    Owner Elf Aquitain Sa (85% Of Texasgulf)
    Interest 85
    Home office France
  • Type Owner
    Owner Williams Co. (15% Of Texasgulf)
    Interest 15
    Home office Connecticut

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NC GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

  • Ownership

    MINING ENGINEERING, MAY 95, P. 407.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-JUN-96 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 16-NOV-10 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey Updated with information from MRDS record number W020851 (Dep_ID 10074546) and deleted that record.

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

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