Stuart Tract

Prospect in Polk county in Florida, United States with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024649
MRDS ID ISM0375
Record type Site
Current site name Stuart Tract
Alternate or previous names C.F. Hardee Phosphate Complex, Hardee Mine, C.F. Industries
Related records 10168078

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.93315, 27.75027 (WGS84)
Elevation 31
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position CENTROID, 500 M

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Polk(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bradley Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bartow(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fort Pierce(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alafia(hydrologic unit)

Tampa Bay(hydrologic accounting unit)

Peace-Tampa Bay(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Florida Polk

Comments on the location information

  • About 10 Km Wnw of Fort Meade; Added 10 Mins To Latitude So That Location Would Plot In Stated County In Area Defined By Location Comments.
  • ABOUT 20 KM SW OF FORT MAEDE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PHOSPHATE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Collophane Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.93315, 27.75027

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sand
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Clay
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Dolomite

Comments on the geologic information

  • Land Pebble Deposit
  • REWORKING, WEATHERING; PLEIS-HOLO; SEE: LAND PEBBLE PHOSPHATE DISTRICT; SEE: LAND PEBBLE PHOSPHATE DISTRICT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1975
Year of first production 1978
Year of last production 1983

Mining district

District name Land Pebble Phosphate District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner C. F. Industries, Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • 1.4 MIL TPY CONCENTRATE (1983)

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE ENTIRE PROJECT PA7NS A PERIOD OF 25 YEARS DURING WHICH THE TOTAL OF 85.6 MIL T OF ORE WILL BE MINED (THE BRIT. SULPH. CORP. 1980)

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). DEVELOPMENT(UNKNOWN); EXPLORATION(UNKNOWN); CAPTIVE PRODUCTION FOR C.F. INDUSTRIES, INC. CHEMICAL COMPLEXES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDON

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JAN. 1982, P.71, LONDON

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, MARCH 2, 1979 P.159, LONDON

  • Deposit

    British Sulphur Corp. Ltd., 1980: World Survey Of Phosphate Deposits, 4th Ed., LondonBritish Sulphur Corp. Ltd., 1980: World Survey Of Phosphate Deposits, 4th Ed., London

  • Deposit

    Mining Journal, March 2, 1979 P.159, LondonMining Journal, March 2, 1979 P.159, London

  • Deposit

    Mining Magazine, Jan. 1982, P.71, LondonMining Magazine, Jan. 1982, P.71, London

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit This Record Was Compiled For the International Strategic Minerals Inventory. The Data Were Used In Preparation of the USGS Circular 930 Series of Reports. Mineral Resource Categories and Codes Herein Are From the International Classification System Recomm
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). SURFACE WASHING, FLOTATION ORE IS TRANSPORTED BY PIPELINE TO THE MILL, BENEFICIATION METHOD THROUGH FLOTATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Editor 04-NOV-2002 Nicholson, S.W. U.S. Geological Survey reformated date column; calculated latitude and longitude in decimal degrees; added Location Precision, Continent, Country, State, Commodity Code, Ore Minerals Code fields; changed Major Commodity fie
Reporter 31-DEC-1987 Saam, Henning, G. Bundesanstalt Fuer Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffee (Germany)

Beyond USGS

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