| Deposit ID | 10129590 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0450190010 |
| Record type | Deposit |
| Current site name | Charleston Region Deposit |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -80.10895, 32.82094 (WGS84) |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Charleston(county)
South Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Johns Island(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Walterboro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Savannah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
South Carolina Coastal(hydrologic unit)
Edisto-South Carolina Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)
Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)
South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | South Carolina | Charleston |
| United States | South Carolina | Berkeley |
| United States | South Carolina | Dorchester |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Phosphorus-Phosphates | Primary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Collophane | Ore |
| Dolomite | Gangue |
| Montmorillonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 244 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 34d |
| Deposit model name | Phosphate, warm current type |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Phosphorite |
| Rock type qualifier | Bedded (land rock deposits); nodular (river rock deposits) |
| Rock unit name | Hawthorn Formation |
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock type qualifier | marl |
| Rock unit name | Cooper Formation |
| Ore Body (1) | -80.10895, 32.82094 |
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| Thickness | 0.3M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Length | 9327.5M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 9327.5M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 8700HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 3M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1867 |
| Year of first production | 1867 |
| District name | Charleston District |
|---|---|
| District name | Charleston-Beaufort District |
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
| Ownership category | State |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | State Of South Carolina |
| Home office | South Carolina |
| Year | 1978 |
| Type | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Owner | Private Owners Undetermined |
| Home office | South Carolina |
| Year | 1978 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0450190010 |
MALDE, H.E., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE CHARLESTON PHOSPHATE AREA, CAROLINA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1079, 105 P.
JAMES ISLAND, SAVANNAH, AUGUSTA. GEORGETOWN, 1: 250000 U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
ROGERS, S. G., 1914, THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF SOUTH CAROLINA
ZELLARS-WILLIAMS INC., EVALUATION OF THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF GEORGIA, NORTH CAROLINA, AND SOUTH CAROLINA USING THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM, BUMINES CONTRACT NO. J0377000.
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.
British Sulphur Corporation Limited, 1964. A world survey of phosphate deposits. The British Sulphur Corp. Ltd., London, 206 pp.
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.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CONTRACT #J0377000 ZELLARS-WILLIAMS INC. FLA. PHOSPHATE PRO EFFECTIVE DATE JUNE 13, 1977. DIMENSIONS ARE IDEALIZED FOR MINABLE AREA. ORE ZONE IS SCATTERED OVER APPROXIMATELY 4600 SQUARE KILOMETERS. |
| General | This is thought to be the equivalent of Orris and Chernoff (2004) Deposit_No 996. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 05-OCT-92 | D R S | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Updater | 16-NOV-10 | Causey, J. Douglas | U.S. Geological Survey | Updated record with information from Orris and Chernoff (2004) |
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