Lee Creek Phos-Acid Plant

Plant in Beaufort county in North Carolina, 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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10223877
MAS/MILS ID 0370138801
Record type Site
Current site name Lee Creek Phos-Acid Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -76.23297, 35.55009 (WGS84)
Elevation 100
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaufort(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fairfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Plymouth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rocky Mount(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pamlico Sound(hydrologic unit)

Pamlico(hydrologic accounting unit)

Neuse-Pamlico(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Beaufort

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) Surficial Deposits, Undivided

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1967
Plant type Acid Plant
Plant subcategory Hydromet

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Potash Corp. Of Saskatchewan
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1995
    First year 1995
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Texasgulf
    Interest 100
    Home office Connecticut
    Year 1987
    Last year 1995

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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit JUNE, 96; SEQ# CHANGED FROM 0370018802 TO 0370138801 TO REFLECT CORRECT COUNTY LOCATION OF PLANT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-AUG-96 Buckingham, David A. / Fantel, Richard J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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