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Blake Plateau/Charlston Bump

Past Producer in South Carolina, United States with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400501
Record type Deposit
Current site name Blake Plateau/Charlston Bump

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79, 31.5 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States South Carolina

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

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 > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock type qualifier Two kinds - quartzose and silty
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79, 31.5
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Lag deposits in a 22,000 sq km area resulting from reworking of Miocene phosphorites on continental margin.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Offshore
Development status Past Producer
Significant Yes

Comments on the production information

  • Past producer (2001)

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 2004
    Inferred 2000000000metric tons
    Remarks This is listed as 'Inferred' and that is probably correct.
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 22 wt-pct Phosphorus Primary 2004

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    Popenoe, P., 1990. Paleoceanography and paleogeography of the Miocene of the
    southeastern United States. In W.C. Burnett and S.R. Riggs (eds), Phosphate deposits of the world, Vol. 3, Neogene to modern phosphorites. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 352-380.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
General This is Deposit_No 995 in Orris and Chernoff (2004).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-DEC-10 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Coordinate doesn't match listed state

The coordinates (31.5000, -79.0000) do not appear to fall inside any U.S. state, but this record is listed as being in South Carolina, United States.

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