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Basic Magnesia

Producer in Gulf county in Florida, United States with commodity Magnesite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10118741
MAS/MILS ID 0120450003
Record type Site
Current site name Basic Magnesia
Alternate or previous names C. E. Basic Magnesia, Basic Incorporated, C. E. Basic Refractories

Comments on the site names

  • THE NAME OF THE OPERATION IS EXPECTED TO BE CHANGED TO C. E. BASIC REFRACTORIES AT A FUTURE DATE.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -86.58608, 29.83165 (WGS84)
Elevation 6

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gulf(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

USGS map quadrangles

Destin Dome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Florida Gulf

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Magnesite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -86.58608, 29.83165
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 57HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 57
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Nonfloating Plant
Year of first production 1959
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Basic Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Ohio
    Year 1983

Comments on the ownership information

  • BASIC INCORPORATED ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY AND PROCESSING FACILITY FROM MICHIGAN CHEMICAL CORP. IN JUNE 1968. BASIC INCORPORATED IS A SUBSIDIARY OF COMBUSTION ENGINEERING INCORPORATED, AND WAS PURCHASED BY C. E. INC. IN 1979. PREMIER SERVICES INC, PURCHASED PLANT FROM COMBUSTION ENGINEERING IN JUNE 1991.

Production statistics

  • Year 1972
    Description Magnesia (Chemical Grade & Periclase) 67770 Mt Magnesia/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Magnesite Magnesium 67770mt
  • Year 1973
    Description Magnesia (Chemical Grade & Periclase) 74912 Mt Magnesia/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Magnesite Magnesium 74912mt
  • Year 1974
    Description Magnesia (Chemical Grade & Periclase) 45295 Mt Magnesia/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Magnesite Magnesium 45295mt
  • Year 1975
    Description Magnesia (Chemical Grade & Periclase) 32688 Mt Magnesia/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Magnesite Magnesium 32688mt
  • Year 1976
    Description Magnesia (Chemical Grade & Periclase) 36027 Mt Magnesia/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Magnesite Magnesium 36027mt
  • Year 1977
    Description Magnesia (Chemical Grade & Periclase) 37408 Mt Magnesia/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Magnesite Magnesium 37408mt
  • Year 1978
    Description Magnesia (Chemical Grade & Periclase) 34151 Mt Magnesia/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Magnesite Magnesium 34151mt
  • Year 1979
    Description Magnesia (Chemical Grade & Periclase) 34859 Mt Magnesia/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Magnesite Magnesium 34859mt
  • Year 1980
    Description Magnesia (Chemical Grade & Periclase) 31862 Mt Magnesia/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Magnesite Magnesium 31862mt
  • Year 1981
    Description Magnesia (Chemical Grade & Periclase) 34060 Mt Magnesia/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Magnesite Magnesium 34060mt
  • Year 1982
    Description Magnesia (Chemical Grade & Periclase) 20892 Mt Magnesia/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Magnesite Magnesium 20892mt
  • Year 1983
    Description Magnesia (Chemical Grade & Periclase) 25434 Mt Magnesia/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Magnesite Magnesium 25434mt
  • Year 1984
    Description Magnesia (Chemical Grade & Periclase) 16532 Mt Magnesia/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Magnesite Magnesium 16532mt
  • Year 1985
    Description Magnesia (Chemical Grade & Periclase) Mt Magnesia/Year

Comments on the production information

  • RECOVERY INCLUDES THE AMOUNT OF MGO ADDED BY THE DOLIME.
  • CHEMICAL GRADE MGO ("LIGHT-BURNED") = 48 MT PERICLASE ("DEAD-BURNED") = 46 MT TOTAL DAILY PRODUCTION MGO = 94 MT ABOUT HALF OF THE MGO PRODUCTS CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE DOLIME. PRODUCES MAGNESIA FROM SEAWATER AT CAPACITY OF 50,000 MT OF MGO EQUIVALENT.
  • PRODUCTION FIGURES REPRESENT THE COMBINED ANNUAL PRODUCTION OF PERICLASE AND CHEMICAL GRADE MAGNESIA CONVERTED TO METRIC TONS. INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED FROM THE U.S. BUMINES PRODUCTION STATISTICS. 1959 REPRESENTS THE INITIAL YEAR OF PRODUCTION BY THE ORIGINAL OPERATOR, MICHIGAN CHEMICAL CORPORATION.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 0
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Magnesite MgO 0.2199 wt-pct Magnesium Major 0

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE RESOURCES OF MGO FROM THE SEA ARE LIMITLESS. THE RESOURCES SHOWN HERE REPRESENT THE PRODUCT OF ESTIMATED PLANT LIFE AND CURRENT PRODUCTION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Water
    Area 0HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method BRINE PUMPING
    Percent Recovery 100
    Kilograms/Square Meter 0
    Avg. Sediment Thickness 0
    Sediment Shear Strength 0
    Primary type of Cover NO OVERBURDEN
    Pre-Production Stripping 0
    Dist. to Port Facilities 2.4
    Avg. Wave Height .5
    Max. Tidal Change (meters) 1
    General Remarks GULF WATER PUMPED TO PLT. Capacity : 28000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 0
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 365
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Operating Hours per Day 24
    Year of Information 1983

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL LAND HOLDING IS 57.2 HECTARES (LEASED = 11 HA., SIMPLE FEE = 46.2 HA.). LAND IS USED PRIMARILY FOR FORESTRY, GRAZING, AND CROPS.

Comments on other economic factors

  • CHEMICAL GRADE MAGNESIA IS SOLD F.O.B.. PERICLASE IS CONSUMED INTERNALLY BY C. E. BASIC.
  • ABOUT 130 MTD OF DOLIME AT 39.4 % MGO IS ALSO FED TO THE PLANT AS A REAGENT.
  • WORKING CAPITAL = 90 DAYS OP. COST. MILL OPERATING COST INCREASED BY 30 PERCENT AFTER 15 YEARS TO ACCOMMODATE HIGHER MAINTENANCE COSTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    JOHNSTONE, S.J. AND M.G. JOHNSTONE. MINERALS FOR THE

  • Deposit

    HILL, M.N. (ED.). THE SEA: IDEAS AND OBSERVATIONS ON

  • Deposit

    PROGRESS IN THE STUDY OF THE SEAS. V. 2, INTERSCIENCE

  • Deposit

    PUBLISHERS. DIVISION OF JOHN WILEY AND SONS, INC.,

  • Deposit

    NEW YORK, 1963, P.10.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSTONE, S.J. AND M.G. JOHNSTONE. MINERALS FOR THE

  • Deposit

    CHEMICAL AND ALLIED INDUSTRIES. JOHN WILEY AND SONS,

  • Deposit

    INC., NEW YORK, 1961, P. 339.

  • Deposit

    LADOO, R.B. AND W.M. MYERS. NONMETALLIC MINERALS

  • Deposit

    MCGRAW-HILL BOOK COMPANY, INC., 1951,

  • Deposit

    P. 302.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit C.E. BASIC MAGNESIA WAS VISITED BY MA PERSONNEL IN JUNE, 1983. FACILITY IS A SEAWATER COLLECTION/MAGNESIUM EXTRACTION OPERATION. THE UPDATE WAS DONE OCTOBER 1987

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-OCT-1996 Hartos U.S. Bureau of Mines

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