| Deposit ID | 10400498 |
|---|---|
| Record type | Deposit |
| Current site name | Eastern White-rock Phosphate Deposit |
| Geographic coordinates: | -81.768, 34.435 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Laurens(county)
South Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Joanna(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Newberry(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Enoree(hydrologic unit)
Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)
Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)
South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Sumpter National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Tennessee | Johnson |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Phosphorus-Phosphates | Primary |
| Host or associated | Associated |
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| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| Rock unit name | Knox Dolomite |
| (1) | biotite-quartz-feldspar gneiss of the Whitmire reentrant |
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| General form | In-filling; fracture filling, breccia cement |
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| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Significant | Yes |
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.
Cathcart, J.B., 1989b. The phosphate deposits of Tennessee, 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. 6-13.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| General | This is Deposit _No 1007 in Orris and Chernoff (2004). I used the location of a mine instead of the location they had. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 29-DEC-10 | Causey, J. Douglas | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
The coordinates (34.4350, -81.7680) appear to be in another U.S. state, but this record is listed as being in Tennessee. The location data may be incorrect.