| Deposit ID | 10240957 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0121050026 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Tenoroc Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Standard Slag and Silica Company |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -81.87675, 28.0972 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 41 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Polk(county)
Florida(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Lakeland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Kissimmee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Orlando(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Florida | Polk |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tallahassee | 027 S | 024 E | 35 | NENENE | Florida |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum Critical | Tertiary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Magnesite | Tertiary |
| Phosphorus-Phosphates | Primary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Water, Free | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Collophane | Unknown |
| Dolomite | Unknown |
| Montmorillonite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -81.87675, 28.0972 |
|---|
| Thickness | 2.5M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 2850HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 6.3M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Plant |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Plant type | Beneficiation (Mill) |
| District name | Central Florida Phosphate District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Borden Inc. |
| ID | 800170 |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Ohio |
| Year | 1978 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0121050026 | |
| Mine Safety and Health Administration | MSHA | MSHA | 0800170 |
OPERATION INCLUDES PHOSPHATE ROCK PROCESSING PLANT.
RAND MCNALLY & CO., FLORIDA STATE AND COUNTY OUTLINE MAP, WI
AREA IDENTIFIED.
GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP, POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRAN
TION, 1971.
AUBURNDALE 1944, LAKELAND 1944, QUADRANGLES, FLORIDA 7 1/2
SERIES, U.S.G.S.
ZELLARS-WILLIAMS INC.,EVALUATION OF THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS
OF FLORIDA USING THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM, BUMINES
OPEN FILE REPORT 112-78, NTIS: PB 286 648/AS, 1978, 199 PP.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CONTRACT #J0377000.ZELLARS-WILLIAMS INC. FLA. PHOSPHATE PROJ EFFECTIVE DATE JUNE 30, 1977. THIS ENTIRE DEPOSIT WAS MINED OUT AS OF LATE 1977. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | D R S | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
| Status | Abandoned since 12/07/1978 |
|---|---|
| MSHA mine ID | 0800170 |
| Mine name (MSHA) | Tenoroc Mine |
| Current operator | Borden Chemical Division |
| Current controller (parent) | Borden Inc |
| Mine type | Surface (Metal / non-metal) |
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