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Manatee North

Prospect in Manatee county in Florida, United States with commodities Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Water, Free
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  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10264424
MAS/MILS ID 0120810008
Record type Site
Current site name Manatee North
Alternate or previous names Northeast Manatee Tract, Four Corners Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.20816, 27.51972 (WGS84)
Elevation 33
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 034 S 021 E 15 N2NWSW Florida

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Magnesite Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Water, Free Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Collophane Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Montmorillonite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -82.20816, 27.51972
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 8.3M
    Length 6113M
    Width 6113M
    Area 3737HA
    Depth to top 12.9M
    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 4
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 12.9
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 4
    Total Surface Area (HA) 3737
    Date of Last Modification 800502

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 No
Discovery year 1957
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 Imc Fertilizer Group Inc,2100 Sanders Rd, Northbrook, Il
    Interest 50
    Home office Illinois
    Year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Freeport-Mcmoran Corp. (Parent Co. Of Agrico)
    Interest 50
    Home office Louisiana
    Year 1994

Comments on the ownership information

  • ORGINAL LAND HOLDING WAS 7,379 HECTARES; HOWEVER, WHEN W. R. GRACE SOLD THEIR PROPERTY TO SEMINOLE (NOW CARGILL) AND IMC. SEMINOLE SOLD OFF THE SOUTHERN PORTION TO PRIVATE NON-MINE LANDOWNERS. THE NORTHERN PORTION, 2,045 HA, IS NOW PART OF FOUR CORNERS PROPERTY (SEQ NO 0120810002) KNOWN AS THE NORTH- EAST MANATEE TRACT.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES ARE NOW PART OF THE FOUR CORNERS TRACT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 3737HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method STRIP-LEVEL
    Swell Factor .91
    Percent Waste Rock 60
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 13
    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 48400
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost 1.03
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 365
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CENTRAL FLORIDA PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY AREAWIDE IMPACT ASSESSMEN

  • Deposit

    PROGRAM, EXISTING LAND USE, VOL IV, PREPARED FOR U.S.E.P.A B

  • Deposit

    TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC, JUNE 1977.

  • Deposit

    GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP, MANATEE COUNTY, FLORIDA, DEPARTMENT OF

  • Deposit

    TRANSPORTATION 1974.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ROCKFORD MAP PUBLISHERS INC.

  • Deposit

    MYAKKA CITY NW, KEENTOWN, FT. LONESOME QUADRANGLES

  • Deposit

    7 1/2 MINUTE SERIES.

  • Deposit

    ZELLARS-WILLIAMS INC.,EVALUATION OF THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS

  • Deposit

    OF FLORIDA USING THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM, BUMINES

  • Deposit

    OPEN FILE REPORT 112-78, NTIS: PB 286 648/AS, 1978, 199 PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTRACT #J0377/// ZELLARS-WILLIAMS INC. FLA. PHOSPHATE PROJ EFFECTIVE DATE JUNE 30, 1977. ALL LOCATIONS ARE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF PROPERTY. REC 040, ELECTRIC SUPPLY LOCATED AT KEENTOWN SUBSTATION, 10 MILES) EAST. REC 050, DRILLING DONE AT 30 HOLES / SECTION. REC 060, ROCK DENSITY GIVEN AS 101.8 PCF DRY - 20% INSITU MO ASSUMED. REC 080, THIS ORE BODY IS SCATTERED SPORADICALLY THROUGHOUT ENTIRE TRACT. ORE THICKNESS RANGES FROM 2.4 TO 23.5 METERS ( TO 77 FT). COMPANY SUPPLIED INFO. REC 040, PRIMARY LAND USE - CROP & PASTURE 26%, CITRUS 2%, R LAND 54%, PINE FOREST 4/, WETLANDS 14%, OTHER AGRICULTURAL 0.3% (FROM REF 700). DIMENSIONS ARE IDEALIZED FOR MINABLE AREA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-SEP-96 Hite, Alan G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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