Turner Property

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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10216354
MAS/MILS ID 0120810011
Record type Site
Current site name Turner Property

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.14376, 27.57142 (WGS84)
Elevation 35
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Manatee(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Keentown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Petersburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Saint Petersburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Manatee(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 Manatee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Tallahassee 033 S 021 E 25 C C SE 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) -82.14376, 27.57142

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6.7M
    Length 1494M
    Width 1494M
    Area 224HA
    Depth to top 14M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 12.8
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 14
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 12.8
    Total Surface Area (HA) 224
    Date of Last Modification 820305

Comments on the geologic information

  • DENSITY IS FOR DRY IN-SITU ORE; ASSUME 20% MOISTURE ROCK DENSITY IS ESTIMATED FROM DATA ON SWIFT PROPERTY: 98.7 PCF DRY WEIGHT & ESTIMATED 20% MOISTURE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1955
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 D. And Jr. And Neil Turner
    Interest 100
    Year 1978

Comments on the production information

  • MILL RECOVERY INCLUDES SLURRY LOSSES.
  • DEPOSIT HAS NEVER PRODUCED. YEAR DISCOVERED UNKNOWN, BUT PRIOR TO 1960. DRILLING DONE BY ARMOUR & CO. AND GLOBAL EXPLORATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PEBBLE IS 6% OF PRODUCT GRADES OTHER THAN P2O5 NOT DETERMINED BY ZWI MINING RECOVERY = 85%

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 224HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method STRIP-LEVEL
    Swell Factor .91
    Percent Waste Rock 32
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 14
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Percentage 10
    Secondary Material Cover QUICKSAND
    Percentage 90
    Hardness of Ore QUICKSAND
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 0
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 60
    Capacity 7910
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 1.78
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 365
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1980

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL LAND HOLDING IS 336.5 HECTARES. NEAREST ELECTRICAL POWER SOURCE IS KEENTOWN SUBSTATION LOCATED ABOUT 6.5 KILOMETERS SOUTH LAND USE: CROPS & PASTURE - 43%, CITRUS - 7%, RANGELAND - 29%, PINE FOREST - 7%, WETLANDS - 14%.

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

    GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP, MANATEE COUNTY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF

  • Deposit

    TRANSPORTATION, 1974.

  • Deposit

    LAND ATLAS & FLAT BOOK, MANATEE COUNTY, FLORIDA, 1977, PUBLI

  • Deposit

    ROCKFORD MAP PUBLISHERS INC.

  • Deposit

    COST ESTIMATION FROM COMPUTER COST MODEL BY ZELLARS-WILLIAMS

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTRACT #J0377000 ZELLARS-WILLIAMS INC. FLA. PHOSPHATE PROJ EFFECTIVE DATE JUNE 30, 1977. ALL LOCATIONS ARE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF PROPERTY. DIMENSIONS ARE IDEALIZED FOR MINABLE AREA. DEPTHS & THICKNESSES ESTIMATED FROM ADJOINING SWIFT DUETTE MINE DATA.

Reporter information

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