Swift Creek Mine

Producer in Hamilton county in Florida, United States with commodities Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Iron, Aluminum, Magnesite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080267
MRDS ID W031378
Record type Site
Current site name Swift Creek Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.85599, 30.44717 (WGS84)
Elevation 45

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Florida Hamilton

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Tallahassee 001N 015E 31 CENTER OF SE4 OF NW4 Florida

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Collophane Ore
Dolomite Gangue
Montmorillonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 70-71% TPL

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 244
USGS model code 34d
Deposit model name Phosphate, warm current type

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Phosphorite
    Rock unit name Bone Valley
    Rock description Bone Valley
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.85599, 30.44717

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 5M
    Depth to top 7M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1960
Year of first production 1970

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Occidental Chemical Co.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Total resources 350000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 32 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1983

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESOURCE IS FOR SUWANNEE + SWIFT CREEK + DEEP CREEK MINES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A LAND-PEBBLE DEPOSIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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