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South Fort Meade Mine

Prospect in Polk county in Florida, United States with commodities Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium
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  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. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Mineral rights holdings
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10142932
MAS/MILS ID 0121050012
Record type Site
Current site name South Fort Meade Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -81.76315, 27.66701 (WGS84)
Elevation 38
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

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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Tallahassee 032 S 025 E 25 E2C Florida

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Collophane Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Montmorillonite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -81.76315, 27.66701
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 4.6M
    Area 7390HA
    Depth to top 7.6M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Type of Orebody #2 STRATABOUND
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 5
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 7.6
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Total Surface Area (HA) 7390
    Date of Last Modification 850715

Comments on the geologic information

  • PRECISE DRY INSITU DENSITY=1.44;ASSUME 20% MOISTURE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1960
Mining method Strip-Level
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Central Florida Phosphate District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mobil Chemical Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Virginia
    Year 1985

Comments on the production information

  • ACTUAL CALCULATED PRODUCT OUTPUT IS 8,688.68 MTPD. PRODUCT A IS PEBBLE PLUS CONCENTRATE. MOBIL EXPECTS TO PRODUCE ABOUT 50% PEBBLE AND 50% CONCENTRATE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINE RECOVERY = 85%. ASSAYS FOR COMMODITIES OTHER THAN P205 WERE NOT OBTAINED DURING FIELD VISIT. THE VALUES IN QA ARE THE ORIGINAL VALUES ENTERED BY EFOC AND ARE LEFT IN FOR HISTORICAL REFERENCE.
  • OWNERS: MOBIL MINING AND MINERALS CO. (75%) (ALSO OPERATOR), COASTAL CHEMICAL CORP. (15%), T.V.A. (7%), OTHERS (3%). MOBIL HAS DONE SOME DEVELOPMENT, BUT IS WAITING FOR BETTER ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN THE INDUSTRY TO GO INTO FULL DEVELOPMENT. WILL BE USED BY MOBIL TO FOLLOW FT. MEADE MINE. ADIT UPDATE 1993: THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY BEING DEVELOPED, AND EQUIPMENT IS BEING MOVED FROM FORT MEADE WHICH IS NOW MINED OUT. THE PROPERTY IS SCHEDULED FOR STARTUP IN 1995. THE RESERVES AND PRODUCTION CAPACITY IN ADIT ARE STILL VALID.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 7390HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method STRIP-LEVEL
    Swell Factor .91
    Percent Waste Rock 52.7
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 7.6
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 65
    Capacity 41358
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 1.12
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 355
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1985

Comments on other economic factors

  • ACTUAL CALCULATED FEED GRADE IS 10.133 % P205.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Central Florida Phosphate Industry area-wide impact assessment program, existing land use, vol. IV, prepared for U.S.E.P.A. by Texas Instruments Incorporated, June 1977.

  • Deposit

    RAND MCNALLY & COMPANY, FLORIDA STATE AND COUNTY OUTLINE MAP

  • Deposit

    Zellars-Williams, Inc., Evaluation of the phosphate deposits of Florida using the Minerals Availability System, U.S. Bureau of Mines Open File Report 112-78, NTIS: PB 286-648/AS, 1978, 199 p.

  • Deposit

    ATLAS AND PLAT BOOK, POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA. ROCKFORD MAP PUBL

  • Deposit

    INC., ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS,1977.

  • Deposit

    GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP, POLK AND MARDEE COUNTIES, FLORIDA, DEPA

  • Deposit

    OF TRANSPORTATION 1971 1975.

  • Deposit

    BEREAH, WAUCMUCA, BOWLING GREEN QUADRANGLES, 7 1/2 MINUTE SE

  • Deposit

    U.S.G.S. 1956, 1955, 1955.

  • Deposit

    EPA ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, MOBIL CHEMICAL CO.,

  • Deposit

    SOUTH FORT MEADE MINE, POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA. EPA904/9-81-075

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE LABOR DATA SET FOR "WORKERS/DAY" REPRESENTS TOTAL NUMBER OF WORKERS. ACTUAL WORKERS/DAY WOULD BE LESS BECAUSE AT 100-PERCENT CAPACITY, THE MINE WOULD BE ON A FOUR-SHIFT SCHEDULE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-OCT-96 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 16-DEC-10 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey Added Model

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