Manson-Jenkins

Prospect in Manatee county in Florida, United States with commodities Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium
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. 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10143394
MAS/MILS ID 0120810024
Record type Site
Current site name Manson-Jenkins
Alternate or previous names Uss Agri-Chemical, Duette, South Fort Green Tract

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.04676, 27.53722 (WGS84)
Elevation 38
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hardee(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Duette(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Petersburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Saint Petersburg(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 Manatee
United States Florida Hardee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Tallahassee 034 S 022 E 12 C C C 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

Ore Body (1) -82.04676, 27.53722

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 9M
    Length 3167M
    Width 3167M
    Area 1003HA
    Depth to top 10.2M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    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 5.1
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 10.2
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5.1
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1003
    Date of Last Modification 820616

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1965
Mining method Strip-Level
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name South Florida

Mineral rights holdings

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Imc-Agrico Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Florida
    Year 1994

Comments on the ownership information

  • AGRICO CHEMICAL CO., A SUBSIDIARY OF FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC. (AS OF 3/1/87), PURCHASED THE PROPERTY IN SEPTEMBER 1985.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE RESERVE HAS BEEN REDUCED FROM 130 MILLION MT TO 104 MILLION MT WHEN 20% OF THE ORIGINAL TRACT THAT EXTENDED INTO HARDEE COUNTY IS NOW PART OF THE FORT GREEN PROPERTY (SEQ NO 0121050002). PRESENTLY (1994), THE WASHING PLANT IS LOCATED IN POLK COUNTY, BUT ALL RESERVES ARE IN HARDEE COUNTY.

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL LAND HOLDING HAS BEEN REDUCED. AFTER IMC-AGRIGO ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY THE PORTION OF LAND IN HARDEE COUNTY IS NOW PART OF THE FORT GREEN PROPERTY (SEQ NO 0121050002). THE MANATEE COUNTY PORTION OF THE PROPERTY MAY BE PART OF THE FOUR CORNERS MINE, ANOTHER IMC-AGRICO MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    BONNIE DODSON, SENIOR MINES PLANNER, AGRICO CHEMICAL CO.;

  • Ownership

    8/26/87 TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH LEE OSMONSON.

  • Ownership

    SKILLINGS' MINING REVIEW. USX SELLS PHOSPHATE ROCK RESERVES TO AGRICO CHEMICAL. OCT. 18, 1986, P. 9.

  • 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

    ZELLARS-WILLIAMS, QUESTIONNAIRES I & II.

  • Deposit

    GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP, MANATEE COUNTY, FLORIDA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, 1974

  • Deposit

    ATLAS AND PLAAT BOOK MAP, MANATEE AND HARDEE COUNTIES, FLORIDA, ROCKFORD MAP PUBLISHERS, INC 1976-1974.

  • Deposit

    COST ESTIMATION FROM COMPUTER COST MOBEL BY ZELLARS-WILLIAMS

  • Deposit

    RAND MCNALLY & COMPANY, FLORIDA STATE AND COUNTY OUTLINE MAP THE AREA IDENTIFIED.

  • Deposit

    DUETTE QUABRANGLE, 7 1/2 MINUTE SERIES, U.S.G.S. 1956.

  • 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

    OF FLORIDA USING THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM, BUMINES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTRACT #J0377000.ZELLARS-WILLIAM SINC. FLA. PHOSPHATE PROJ EFFECTIVE DATE JUNE 30, 1977. THE ZWI DATA FOR THIS PROPERTY CONTAINED TOO MANY ASSUMPTIONS AND IS MOSTLY CONSIDERED AS INACCURATE. ALL THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PRESENTED IN THIS DATA BASE MAY NOT BE CORRECT BUT REPRESENTS THE LATEST INFORMATION AVAILABLE OR DEVELOPED INFORMATION WHICH REMAINS IN THE DATA BASE ONLY FOR HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-APR-95 Hite, Alan G. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 16-DEC-10 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey Added Model

Beyond USGS

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