Cristina Reserve

Prospect in Polk 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10215975
MAS/MILS ID 0121050024
Record type Site
Current site name Cristina Reserve

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.00265, 27.9447 (WGS84)
Elevation 35
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

Nichols(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Petersburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Saint Petersburg(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Tallahassee 029 S 023 E 22 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) -82.00265, 27.9447

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 4.3M
    Length 2521M
    Width 2521M
    Area 635HA
    Depth to top 10.7M
    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
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 10.7
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Total Surface Area (HA) 635
    Date of Last Modification 800318

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1935
Mining method Strip-Level
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Central Florida Phosphate District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mobil Chemical Co. (Mobil Foundation)
    Interest 100
    Home office New York
    Year 1978
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Numerous Home Owners (Private Tracts)
    Year 1994

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CECentral 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

    GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP, POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRAN

  • Deposit

    TATION, 1971

  • Deposit

    RAND MCNALLY & COMPANY, FLORIDA, STATE AND COUNTY OUTLINE MA

  • Deposit

    THE AREA IDENTIFIED.

  • Deposit

    NICHOLS AND MULBERRY QUARDRANGLES, FLORIDA, 7 1/2 MINUTE SER

  • Deposit

    U.S.G.S. 19558 1949.

  • Deposit

    LAND ATLAS & PLAT BOOK, POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA. 1977,

  • Deposit

    PUBLISHED BY ROCKFORD MAP PUBLISHERS INC..

  • 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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-MAR-95 Buckingham, David 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.