Horse Creek

Prospect in Hardee 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10215950
MAS/MILS ID 0120490006
Record type Site
Current site name Horse Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.99595, 27.44722 (WGS84)
Elevation 25
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

Ona(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Arcadia(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 Hardee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Tallahassee 035 S 023 E 10 E2NWSE 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) -81.99595, 27.44722

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 19.5M
    Length 6300M
    Width 6300M
    Area 3980HA
    Depth to top 8.2M
    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 4.1
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 8.2
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 4.1
    Total Surface Area (HA) 3980
    Date of Last Modification 800214

Comments on the geologic information

  • PRECISE DRY INSITU DENSITY=1.46;ASSUME 20% MOISTURE

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner International Minerals Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Florida
    Year 1978

Comments on the production information

  • PRECISE MILL RECOVERY INCLUDING SLURRY LOSSES=78.48%

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PEBBLE IS 0.9 % OF ORE FOR ALL MATRICES. P2O5 GRADES ARE RECOVERABLE GRADES AND DO NOT INCLUDE P2O5 % LOST TO TAILINGS THIS PROPERTY DATA FILE WAS REEVALUATED ON JULY 30, 1985. IMC PROVIDED NEW DATA. THERE ARE NO COMPANY PLANS TO DEVELOP THIS PROPERTY AT THIS TIME. IMC INDICATES THAT THEY ARE PURCHASING THE MISS. CHEMICAL CORP TRACT. WHEN MINING OCCURS, THEY WILL MINE BOTH PROPERTIES TOGETHER. ALL THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PRESENTED IN THIS DATA BASE MAY NOT BE CORRECT BUT REPRESENTS THE LATEST INFORMATION AVAILABLE, OR ZWI-EFOC INFORMATION WHICH REMAINS IN THE DATA BASE ONLY FOR HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 3980HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method STRIP-LEVEL
    Swell Factor .91
    Percent Waste Rock 29.7
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 8.23
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore QUICKSAND
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 0
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 65
    Capacity 72300
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost .97
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 365
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1979

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL LAND HOLDING IS 4410 HECTARES.

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

    ATLAS AND PLAT BOOK, HARDEE COUNTY, FLORIDA. ROCKFORD MAP PU

  • Deposit

    INC., ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS 1975.

  • Deposit

    GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP, HARDEE COUNTY, FLORIDA 1975.

  • Deposit

    INTERNATIONAL MINERALS AND CHEMICALS CORPORATION ANNUAL REPO

  • Deposit

    RAND MCNALLY, STATE AND COUNTY OUTLINE MAP, FLORIDA.

  • 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

    ONA, MYAKKA HEAD, QUADRANGLES, FLORIDA, 7 1/2 MINUTE SERIES

  • Deposit

    U.S.G.S. 1956.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-MAR-95 Weaver, M.A 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.