South Pierce Wet Rock Process Mill

Plant in Polk county in Florida, United States with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10191835
MAS/MILS ID 0121059041
Record type Site
Current site name South Pierce Wet Rock Process Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.94015, 27.75421 (WGS84)
Elevation 43

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Polk(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bradley Junction(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.94015, 27.75421

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Flotation

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Agrico Chemical Co., Division Of Williams Companies
    ID 800821

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PLANT PROCESSES PHOSPHATE ROCK

  • Deposit

    STATUS=CLOSED AS OF 03/21/79

  • Deposit

    MESA INSPECTION

  • Deposit

    NOT ON 1980 OR 1981 MSHA LISTS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 05/09/1979
MSHA mine ID0800821
Mine name (MSHA)South Pierce Wet Rock Processing
Current operatorAgrico Chemical Company
Current controller (parent)Williams Companies
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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