Depue Phosphoric Acid Plant

Past Producer in Bureau county in Illinois, 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 10290338
MAS/MILS ID 0170018802
Record type Site
Current site name Depue Phosphoric Acid Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -89.30117, 41.33442 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bureau(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Depue(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kewanee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Aurora(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Illinois-Senachwine Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Illinois Bureau

Comments on the location information

  • The town of Depue lies in Bureau County. Assuming this plant is located near Depue (as the lat/long suggest), then the County name should be Bureau (not Adams) and has been changed accordingly

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -89.30117, 41.33442

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1973

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mobile Chemical Co.
    Interest 100
    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 05-FEB-1991 Fantel, Richard J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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