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Watson

Prospect in Polk county in Florida, United States with commodities Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium
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  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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024650
MRDS ID ISM0376
Record type Site
Current site name Watson
Alternate or previous names C.F. Hardee Phosphate Complex, Hardee Mine, C.F. Industries, Stuart
Related records 10119288

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.81655, 27.73357 (WGS84)
Elevation 35
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

Bowling Green(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bartow(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fort Pierce(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Peace(hydrologic unit)

Peace(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 20 Km Southwest of Fort Meade
  • ABOUT 4 KM SSW OF FORT MAEDE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Magnesite Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

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) -81.81655, 27.73357
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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

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 8M

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 Both
Significant No
Year of last production 1983

Mining district

District name Land Pebble Phosphate District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Estech General Chemicals Corp., (Former: Swift Agriculture Chemical Corp.)

Comments on the production information

  • 0.9 TPY CONCENTRATE (1983)

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FOR RESERVES/RESOURCES SEE: LAND PEBBLE PHOSPHATE DISTRICT

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). DEVELOPMENT(UNKNOWN); EXPLORATION(UNKNOWN); BENEFICIATED ROCK GRADES 33.4 % P2O5 (73 % BPL)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    E&MJ, INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING, 1979, NEW YORK

  • 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

    E&Mj, International Directory Of Mining, 1979, New YorkE&Mj, International Directory Of Mining, 1979, New York

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; THE CHEMICAL PLANT IS LOCATED AT BARTOW/FLORIDA

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)

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