Mine detail: North Carolina Phosphate District

Previously called 'North Carolina Phosphate CorporationLee Creek Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 35.42789, -76.75798

Resource(N)

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: CHEMICAL SEDIMENT, MARINE
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1965

Geology

Structure:BASIN, NORTH FLANK OF RISING DOME

References

MRDSISM0351
DEP60000661
Reference{Deposit:: KIMREY, T.O., 1965: NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION MINERAL RESOURCES, BULLETIN 19, P.131}{Deposit:: CATHCART, J.B. SHELDON, R.P., GULBRANDSEN, R.A., 1983: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 888}