Uncle Sam Phosphoric Acid Plant

Producer in Acadia county in Louisiana, 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 10218584
MAS/MILS ID 0220018803
Record type Site
Current site name Uncle Sam Phosphoric Acid Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -90.81121, 30.03914 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. James(county)

Louisiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Convent(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ponchatoula(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baton Rouge(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Maurepas(hydrologic unit)

Lake Maurepas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-Lake Maurepas(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Louisiana Acadia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -90.81121, 30.03914

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1968

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Freeport-Mcmoran
    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.