Acton Mine & Mill

Plant in Citrus county in Florida, United States with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10264658
MAS/MILS ID 0120170006
Record type Site
Current site name Acton Mine & Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.38796, 28.92607 (WGS84)
Elevation 12

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Citrus(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Holder(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Inverness(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tarpon Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Withlacoochee(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 Citrus

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Tallahassee 018 S 019 E 15 SENE Florida

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -82.38796, 28.92607

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Wash

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Sun Phosphate Co
    ID 800184
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSP. REPORT 10-20/21-81

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10-81

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 03/23/1988
MSHA mine ID0800184
Mine name (MSHA)Granular Plant
Current operatorSun Phosphate Company
Current controller (parent)Cavelier Keith
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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