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Pamlico River

Prospect in Beaufort county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Mineral rights holdings
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10247973
MAS/MILS ID 0370130017
Record type Site
Current site name Pamlico River
Alternate or previous names Pamlico River Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -76.79138, 35.40429 (WGS84)
Elevation 3
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaufort(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bath(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bayboro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rocky Mount(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pamlico(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
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Magnesite Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Collophane Ore
Dolomite Gangue
Montmorillonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 244
USGS model code 34d
Deposit model name Phosphate, warm current type

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Phosphorite

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -76.79138, 35.40429
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 10M
    Length 7044M
    Width 7044M
    Area 7082HA
    Depth to top 26M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Type of Orebody #3 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 26
    Total Surface Area (HA) 7082
    Date of Last Modification 960625

Comments on the geologic information

  • DENSITY IS FOR DRY IN-SITU ORE; ASSUME 20% MOISTURE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name North Carolina Phosphate District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights State Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of North Carolina
    Interest 100
    Home office North Carolina
    Year 1980

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Measured 640483000mt ore
    Indicated 640483000mt ore
    Demonstrated 1280966000mt ore
    Inferred 640483000mt ore
    Total resources 1921449000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Magnesite MgO 0.24 wt-pct Magnesium Trace 1979
    Fluorine-Fluorite F 1.3999 wt-pct Fluorine Trace 1979
    Uranium U3O8 0.0031 wt-pct Uranium Trace 1979
    Aluminum Al2O3 0.16 wt-pct Aluminum Trace 1979
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 12.28 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1979
    Iron Fe2O3 0.28 wt-pct Iron Trace 1979

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • QA=EXT QUANTITY ASSAYS ARE IN EXTRACTABLE ORE GRADES. PEBBLE IS NOT RECOVERED.

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL LAND HOLDING IS 7082 HECTARES. LAND CONSISTS OF RIVERINE, ESTUARINE SYSTEMS AND SALTWATER MARSHES. NO DEMONSTRATED RECLAMATION PROCESS EXISTS FOR THESE AREAS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    TEXASGULF INC. 10-K REPORT, 1979. PP. 1-3.

  • Deposit

    ZELLARS-WILLIAMS INC., EVALUATION OF THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS

  • Deposit

    OF GEORGIA, NORTH CAROLINA, AND SOUTH CAROLINA

  • Deposit

    USING THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM,

  • Deposit

    BUMINES OPEN FILE REPORT 13-79.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTRACT J0377000, ZELLARS-WILLIAMS INC., FLORIDA PHOSPHATE PROJECT, EFFECTIVE DATE JUNE 30, 1977. INFORMATION FOR THIS DEPOSIT WAS SUPPLIED BY ZWI, TEXASGULF, N. C. PHOSPHATE CORP., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, AND NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF NATURAL AND ECONOMIC RESOURCES. DIMENSIONS ARE IDEALIZED FOR MINABLE AREA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-JUN-96 Weaver, M.A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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