| Deposit ID | 10400499 |
|---|---|
| Record type | Deposit |
| Current site name | Onslow Embayment/Northeast Onslow Bay |
| Geographic coordinates: | -76.75, 34.5 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
North Carolina(state)
United States(country)
USGS map quadrangles
Beaufort(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Phosphorus-Phosphates | Primary |
| Model code | 244 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 34d |
| Deposit model name | Phosphate, warm current type |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Rock type qualifier | clayey phosphorite quartz |
| Rock unit name | Pungo River Formation |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate |
| Rock unit name | Pungo River Formation |
| (1) | -76.75, 34.5 |
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| Operation type | Offshore |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Significant | Yes |
| Type | In-situ |
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| Estimate year | 2004 |
| Total resources | 3750000000metric tons |
| Remarks | Resources listed as probable in reference, but I'm sure that is not up to present standards of reporting resources. This is probably a ball park number based on extrapolation. |
Orris, G.J., and Chernoff, C.B., 2004, Table of world phosphate deposits, in Hein, J.R., ed., Life cycle of the Phosphoria Formation: From deposition to the post-mining environment: Elsevier, Amsterdam, Handbook of exploration and environmental geochemistry v. 8, CD-ROM.
Riggs, S.R., 1989. Phosphate deposits of the North Carolina coastal plain, continental shelf, and adjacent Blake Plateau, USA. In A.J.G. Notholt, R.P. Sheldon and D.F. Davidson (eds), Phosphate deposits of the world, Volume 2-- Phosphate rock resources. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 42-52.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| General | Deposit described by Orris and Chernoff (2004) is Deposit_No 989. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 30-DEC-10 | Causey, J. Douglas | U.S. Geological Survey |
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