Mine detail: North Carolina Phosphate District

Previously called 'North Carolina Phosphate CorporationLee Creek Mine'

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Location: Beaufort County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.42789, -76.75798
dep_id: 60000661
mrds_id: ISM0351
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: CHEMICAL SEDIMENT, MARINE
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
Structure: BASIN, NORTH FLANK OF RISING DOME
Year first produced: 1965
References:
  • 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
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