| Deposit ID | 10080267 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W031378 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Swift Creek Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -82.85599, 30.44717 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 45 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Hamilton(county)
Florida(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Genoa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Valdosta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Suwannee(hydrologic unit)
Suwannee(hydrologic accounting unit)
Suwannee(hydrologic subregion)
South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Florida | Hamilton |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tallahassee | 001N | 015E | 31 | CENTER OF SE4 OF NW4 | Florida |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Phosphorus-Phosphates | Primary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Aluminum Critical | Tertiary |
| Magnesite | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Collophane | Ore |
| Dolomite | Gangue |
| Montmorillonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | 70-71% TPL |
|---|
| Model code | 244 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 34d |
| Deposit model name | Phosphate, warm current type |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Phosphorite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Bone Valley | ||||
| Rock description | Bone Valley | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -82.85599, 30.44717 |
|---|
| Thickness | 5M |
|---|---|
| Depth to top | 7M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1960 |
| Year of first production | 1970 |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Occidental Chemical Co. |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1983 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 350000000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W031378 |
UPPER SUWANNEE RIVER, EVALUATION OF APROPOSED D.R.I. AS AN AREA OF CRITICAL STATE CONCERN, FL. DIV. OF STATE PLAN 1974.
GUIDEBOOK, AIME FIELD TRIP TO OCCIDENTAL MINES, 1977.
OCCIDENTAL (DIV OF HOOKER CHEM.) FORM 10-K. 1977.
OWENS-ILLINOIS NORTH FLORIDA LAND PROSPECTUS. 1962.
CONTRACT J0377000, ZELLARS-WILLIAMS INC., FL PHOSPHATE PROJECT. EFFECTIVE DATE JUNE 30, 1977.
ISMI
KRAUSS AND OTHERS, 1984
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | A LAND-PEBBLE DEPOSIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1981 | Sutphin, David M. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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