| Deposit ID | 10250904 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0450130001 |
| Record type | Deposit |
| Current site name | Coosawhatchee Region Deposits |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -80.77291, 32.54407 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 15 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaufort(county)
South Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Sheldon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Walterboro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Savannah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Broad-St. Helena(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 | Beaufort |
| United States | South Carolina | Jasper |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Phosphorus-Phosphates | Primary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Collophane | Unknown |
| Dolomite | Unknown |
| Montmorillonite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| 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 |
| Ore Body (1) | -80.77291, 32.54407 |
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| Thickness | 2.9M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Length | 11118M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 11118M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 12361HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 25.6M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1963 |
| District name | Coosa District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
| Ownership category | State |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | South Carolina State |
| Home office | South Carolina |
| Year | 1978 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Private Corp.S And Owners. |
| Home office | South Carolina |
| Year | 1978 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0450130001 |
JOHNSON, H.S., JR., GEYER R. VERNON, JR., 1965, PHOSPHATE AND BENTONITE RESOURCES, COOSAWATCHIE DISTRICT, SOUTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF GEOLOGY, SOUTH CAROLINA STATE DEVELOPMENT
Orris and Chernoff, 2004, Table of world sedimentary phosphate deposits, in Hein, ed. Life cycle of the Phosphoria Formation: Elsevier Handbook of exploration and environmental geochemistry, Appendix CD-ROM.
LITTLE, A.D. INC., 1966, EVALUATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA PHOSPHATE DEPOSIT, REPORT TO PINE HALL POMONA CORP.
HUNTER, C.E., BARR, J.A., JR., CHAPPELL F. 1966, REPORT OF INVESTIGATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA PHOSPHATE DEPOSIT 60 P.
COLQUHONN, D.J., 1969, GEOMORPHOLOGY OF THE LOWER COASTAL PLAIN OF SOUTH CAROLINA; DIVISION OF GEOLOGY, STATE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA.
ZELLARS-WILLIAMS INC., EVALUATION OF THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF GEORGIA, NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CAROLINA USING THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM: BUMINES OPEN FILE REPORT 65-78.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT IS LOCATED IN BEAUFORT AND JASPER COUNTIES. CURRENT OPERATIONAL STATUS IS EXPL DEPOSIT AND PAST PRODUCER COLQUHONN,D.J.,1969, GEOMOPHOLOGY OF THE LOWER COASTAL PLAIN SOUTH CAROLINA, DIVISION OF GEOLOGY, STATE DEVELOPMENT BOARD COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA. ZELLAR-WILLIAMS INC., EVALUATION OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF GE NORTH CAROLINA, AND SOUTH CAROLINA USING THE MINERALS AVAILA SYSTEM, BUMINES CONTRACT J0370000, 1978, PP 65. DIMENSIONS ARE IDEALIZED FOR MINABLE AREA. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 05-OCT-92 | Hartos | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Updater | 15-NOV-10 | Causey, J. Douglas | U.S. Geological Survey | Updated with information from Orris and Chernoff (2004) |
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