North Carolina · Beaufort County
Prospect

Aurora Operations

Beaufort County, North Carolina, United States
Phosphorus-PhosphatesUraniumMagnesiteIronAluminumFluorine-Fluorite
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Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
TertiaryUranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeCemical sediment, Marine
Model244: Phosphate, warm current type
Materials
Ore mineralsApatite
GangueDolomite, Montmorillonite, Quartz, Limestone, Garnet, Ilmenite
Geology
Host rockPhosphorite · Pungo River Formation
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1951
Identification
Deposit ID10175774
MRDS IDISM0353
Alternate namesCanvas Creek Mine, North Carolina Phosphate Corp.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.33339, -76.77108
References
Marston North Carolina, P.C. (Terry Kremmel, P.E. writer), 2010, Aurora Operations 2010 Resource and Reserve update technical report: Marston, North Carolina P.C. (Marston) NI 43-101 compliant report for PCS Phosphate Company, Inc., a subsidiary of Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, Inc. 120. p.BROWN, P.M. THE RELATION OF PHOSPHATES TO GROUND WATER IN BEAUFORT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. ECON. GEOL., V. 53, 1958, PP. 85-101.CALDWELL, A.B. LEE CREEK OPEN-PIT MINE AND FERTILIZER PLANTS. ENG. AND MIN. J., JAN. 1968, PP. 59-82.HIRD, J.M. CONTROL OF ARTESIAN GROUND WATER IN STRIP MINING PHOSPHATE ORES - EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. PRESENTATION AT AIME ANNUAL CONF., DENVER, COLO., FEB., 1970, 11 PP.KIMERY, J.O. DESCRIPTION OF THE PUNGO RIVER FORMATION IN BEAUFORT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT BULL. 79, 1968, 131 PP.ROONEY, T.P. AND P.F. KERR. MINERALOGIC NATURE AND ORIGIN OF PHOSPHORITE, BEAUFORT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. GEOL. SOC. AM. BULL., V. 78, JUNE, 1967, PP. 731-748.STUCKEY, J.L. NORTH CAROLINA: ITS GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, RALEIGH, 1965, 550 PP.ZELLARS-WILLIAMS, INC. EVALUATION OF THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF GEORGIA, NORTH CAROLINA, AND SOUTH CAROLINA USING THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM. BUMINES OPEN FILE REPORT 14-79.MINING ENGINEERING, MAY 1995, P. 407.JOHN M. HIRD, LEE CREEK MINE MANAGER, TEXASGULF CHEMICALS CO.; 8/12/87 TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH LEE OSMONSON.U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. 1985 MINERALS YEARBOOK, VOL. 2, AREA REPORTS: DOMESTIC, P. 429.TODD, JOAN C. PRODUCTION OF PHOSPHATE TO START IN 1987 BY NORTH CAROLINA PHOSPHATE. ENG. & MIN. J, MAY 1984 PP. 13, 15.