Mine detail: Lee Creek Mine

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Location:	Beaufort County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long:	35.38429, -76.79328
dep_id:	10175303
mrds_id:	ISM0352
mas_id:	370130009
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Phosphorus-Phosphates
Trace mineral:	Fluorine-Fluorite, Aluminum, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium
Operation type:	Surface
Development status:	Plant
other_matl:	Apatite, Dolomite, Montmorillonite, Quartz
work_type:	Surface
Reporter:	Hite, Alan G.
Year first produced:	1966
disc_yr:	1951
References:	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.