Mulberry

Past Producer in Polk county in Florida, United States with commodities Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Water, Free
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10118999
MAS/MILS ID 0121050022
Record type Site
Current site name Mulberry
Alternate or previous names Drane Field Tract

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.94985, 27.9034 (WGS84)
Elevation 37
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Polk(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mulberry(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Tallahassee 028 S 023 E 32 S2SENE Florida

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.94985, 27.9034

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Mining method Strip-Level
Milling method Flotation

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Florida Phosphate Corp.(Great Lakes Carbon Corp.)
    Interest 100
    Home office Florida
    Year 1978

Comments on the production information

  • THIS PROPERTY IS TOTALY MINED OUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CENTRAL FLA. PHOSPHATE IND. AREA WIDE IMPACT ASSESSEMENT

  • Deposit

    PROGRAM, EXISTING LAND USE, VOL IV, PREPARED FOR U.S.E

  • Deposit

    TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC, JUNE 1977.

  • Deposit

    ZELLARS, M.E. AND J.M. WILLIAMS. EVAL. OT THE PHOSPHATE

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS OF FLORIDA USING THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM.

  • Deposit

    BUMINES OPEN FILE REPORT 112-78, NTIS PB286 648/AS, 1978,

  • Deposit

    199 PP.

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10-81

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORIGINAL INFORMATION GATHERED BY CONTRACT J0377000, ZELLARS -WILLIAMS INC., LAKELAND, FLA. 1979. COMPANY OFFICIALS REPORT RESERVES DEPLETED AS OF EARLY 1979.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-OCT-1992 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.