Mine detail: Lee Creek Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.38429, -76.79328

Resource(B)

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite, Aluminum, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium
Other material: Apatite, Dolomite, Montmorillonite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1951

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Plant
First production started: 1966

Geology

References

MRDSISM0352
MAS370130009
DEP10175303
Reference{Deposit:: BROWN, P.M. THE RELATION OF PHOSPHATES TO GROUND WATER}{Deposit:: IN BEAUFORT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. ECON. GEOL.,}{Deposit:: V. 53, 1958, PP. 85-101.}{Deposit:: CALDWELL, A.B. LEE CREEK OPEN-PIT MINE AND FERTILIZER}{Deposit:: PLANTS. ENG. AND MIN. J., JAN. 1968, PP. 59-82.}{Deposit:: HIRD, J.M. CONTROL OF ARTESIAN GROUND WATER IN STRIP MINING}{Deposit:: PHOSPHATE ORES - EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. PRESENTATION}{Deposit:: AT AIME ANNUAL CONF., DENVER, COLO., FEB., 1970, 11 PP.}{Deposit:: HIRD, J.M. OVERBURDEN STRIPPING - COMBINATION USE OF DREDGE}{Deposit:: AND DRAGLINE. MIN. ENG., MAR., 1980, PP. 311-314.}{Deposit:: KIMERY, J.O. DESCRIPTION OF THE PUNGO RIVER FORMATION IN}{Deposit:: BEAUFORT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. NORTH CAROLINA DEPT.}{Deposit:: OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT BULL. 79, 1968, 131 PP.}{Deposit:: --PIT AND QUARRY. TEXASGULF SULPHUR CO. JANUARY, 1969,}{Deposit:: PP. 125-138.}{Deposit:: ROONEY, T.P. AND P.F. KERR. MINERALOGIC NATURE AND ORIGIN}{Deposit:: OF PHOSPHORITE, BEAUFORT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA.}{Deposit:: GEOL. SOC. AM. BULL., V. 78, JUNE, 1967, PP. 731-748.}{Deposit:: STUCKEY, J.L. NORTH CAROLINA: ITS GEOLOGY AND MINERAL}{Deposit:: RESOURCES. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION}{Deposit:: AND DEVELOPMENT, RALEIGH, 1965, 550 PP.}{Deposit:: 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 USING}{Deposit:: THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM. BUMINES OPEN FILE}{Deposit:: REPORT 14-79.}{Deposit:: JOHN M. HIRD, LEE CREEK MINE MANAGER, TEXASGULF CHEMICALS}{Deposit:: CO.; 8/12/87 TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH LEE OSMONSON.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. 1985 MINERALS YEARBOOK, VOL. 2, AREA}{Deposit:: REPORTS: DOMESTIC, P. 429.}{Deposit:: _____. COMPILATION OF PROPRIETARY, INDIVIDUAL COMPANY,}{Deposit:: PRODUCTION STATISTICS (FOR THE YEARS 1985 AND 1986).}{Deposit:: USGS; GSC LISTS , JULY 95.}{Ownership:: MINING ENGINEERING, MAY, 1995, P407.}
ReporterHite, Alan G.