Desoto-Manatee Reserve

Prospect in DeSoto 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10191796
MAS/MILS ID 0120270001
Record type Site
Current site name Desoto-Manatee Reserve

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.04986, 27.24143 (WGS84)
Elevation 17
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

DeSoto(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Murdock NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sarasota(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Saint Petersburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Myakka(hydrologic unit)

Peace(hydrologic accounting unit)

Peace-Tampa Bay(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Florida DeSoto

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Tallahassee 037 S 023 E 19 SWNESW Florida

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -82.04986, 27.24143

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 5.9M
    Length 12400M
    Width 4550M
    Area 5630HA
    Depth to top 4.3M
    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 2.1
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 4.3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2.9
    Total Surface Area (HA) 5630
    Date of Last Modification 800212

Comments on the geologic information

  • PRECISE INBANK DRY DENSITY=1.44

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1964
Mining method Strip-Level
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Southern Florida

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fcs Energy
    Interest 100
    Home office Florida
    Year 1988

Comments on the ownership information

  • FORMERLY OWNED BY AMAX INC. FCS ENERGY, A SUBSIDIARY OF FLORIDA CRUSHED STONE CO., PURCHASED THE PROPERTY (AS A PART OF THE PINE LEVEL FLORIDA CRUSHED STONE ADDRESS IS LEESBURG, FL. CONSOLIDATED MINERALS INC., ADDRESS IS P O BOX 790, PLANT CITY, FL 34289

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. MINERALS ALERT, OCT. 17, 1986.

  • Deposit

    ZELLARS-WILLIAMS, INC., EVALUATION OF THE PHOSPHATE

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS OF FLORIDA USING MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM,

  • Deposit

    BUMINES OPEN FILE REPORT 112-78, NTIS: PB 286-648/AS,

  • Deposit

    1978, 199 PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALL INFORMATION IN TERMS OF DRY TONNAGE ALL LOCATIONS ARE APPROX. CENTER OF THE PROPERTY. INSITU MOISTURE ASSUMED TO BE 20% PROPERTY ALSO FOUND ON EDGEVILLE,MURDOCK N.W. LIMESTONE,& NOCATEE 7 1/2 MIN QUADS. DIMENSIONS OF ORE BODY ASSUMED TO BE A RECTANGLE. TOTAL AREA IS 6150 HECTARES. THIS DEPOSIT HAS BEEN COMBINED INTO THE PINE LEVEL DEPOSIT, SEQ NO 0120270002.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-AUG-1994 Cpm-Dgh U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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