Cooks Hammock #1

Prospect in Lafayette 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 10241365
MAS/MILS ID 0120670001
Record type Site
Current site name Cooks Hammock #1

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -83.29989, 29.94414 (WGS84)
Elevation 20
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lafayette(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cooks Hammock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cross City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gainesville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Econfina-Steinhatchee(hydrologic unit)

Aucilla-Waccasassa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Suwannee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Florida Lafayette

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Tallahassee 006 N 010 W 23 W2NESW 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) -83.29989, 29.94414

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 5.1M
    Length 3710M
    Width 3710M
    Area 1377HA
    Depth to top 2.4M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    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 .9
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2.4
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .9
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1377
    Date of Last Modification 800429

Comments on the geologic information

  • DENSITY IS FOR DRY IN-SITU ORE;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 Hardrock Phosphate District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Monsanto Chemical Products Corp.
    Interest 15
    Home office Florida
    Year 1978
  • Type Owner
    Owner Other Unidentified Owners
    Interest 85
    Year 1978

Comments on the production information

  • MILL RECOVERY INCLUDES SLURRY LOSSES.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • QA=EXT M1=M2+M3 QUANTITY ASSAYS ARE IN EXTRACTABLE GRADES. MATRIX 1 IS A COMBINATION OF MATRICES 2 AND 3. PEBBLE IS 64% OF PRODUCT GRADES OTHER THAN P2O5 NOT DETERMINED BY ZWI MINING RECOVERY = 85% M7 COL 1 COMMENTS ARE THE SAME AS M7 COL 2. THIS PROPERTY DATA FILE WAS REEVALUATED ON 26 AUGUST,1985. ANY RESERVE/REESOURCE DATA APPEARING IN Q-MATRIX 7 REPRESENT THE MOST RECENT ESTIMATES AND WOULD REPLACE TONNAGES/GRADES FOUND IN OTHER Q DATA SETS. ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO CONTACT EACH PROPERTY OWNER BY PHONE AND LETTER FOR CURRENT INFORMATION. MONSANTO DID NOT REPLY. DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE YEARS WERE DELETED BECAUSE THERE ARE NO COMPANY PLANS TO DEVELOP THIS PROPERTY AT THIS TIME. RESOURCES IN COL 2 ARE PARA-ECONOMIC; COL 1 ARE SUB-ECON. ACCORDING TO ZWI DATA. THE ZWI DATA FOR THIS PROPERTY CONTAINED TOO MANY ASSUMPTIONS AND IS MOSTLY CONSIDERED AS INACCURATE. BUT IT WAS USED SINCE IT WAS THE ONLY INFORMATION AVAILABLE. ALL 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. M7 = N/CUM MATRIX 7 COLS ARE NON-CUMULATIVE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1377HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method STRIP-LEVEL
    Swell Factor .8
    Percent Waste Rock 32
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 2.4
    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 11500
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost 1.36
    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 2918 HECTARES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOKS HAMMOCK QUADRANGLE, FLORIDA, 7 1/2 MINUTE SERIES,

  • Deposit

    U.S.G.S. 1954.

  • Deposit

    GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP, LAFAYETTE COUNTY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF

  • Deposit

    TRANSPORTATION, 1974.

  • Deposit

    LAND USE AND LAND COVER MAP, 1972, GAINSVILLE,

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE 76-004-1.

  • Deposit

    FLORIDA STATE AND COUNTY OUTLINE MAP WITH THE AREA

  • Deposit

    IDENTIFIED, RAND MCNALLY & COMPANY.

  • Deposit

    ZELLARS-WILLIAMS INC., EVALUATION OF THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS

  • Deposit

    OF FLORIDA USING THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM, U.S.

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES OPEN FILE REPORT 112-78,

  • Deposit

    NTIS: PB 286-648/AS 1978, 199 PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTRACT #J0377000.ZELLARS-WILLIAMS INC. FLA. PHOSPHATE PROJ EFFECTIVE DATE JUNE 30, 1977. DIMENSIONS ARE IDEALIZED FOR MINABLE AREA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-MAR-95 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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