Basic Magnesia Solar Evapor. Plant

Plant in Gulf county in Florida, United States with commodity Magnesite
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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10265062
MAS/MILS ID 0120459901
Record type Site
Current site name Basic Magnesia Solar Evapor. Plant
Alternate or previous names Port St Joe Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -85.30275, 29.81695 (WGS84)
Elevation 2
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gulf(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Port Saint Joe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Port Saint Joe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Apalachicola(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Andrew-St. Joseph Bays(hydrologic unit)

Florida Panhandle Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Choctawhatchee-Escambia(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Florida Gulf

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Tallahassee 008 S 011 W 01 Florida

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Magnesite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -85.30275, 29.81695

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Leach
Plant subcategory Precipitation

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Basic Magnesia Inc
    ID 800162
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINERALS YEARBOOK VOL I 1974 P 774

  • Deposit

    CAPACITY: 100000 ST MGO EQUIVALENT

  • Deposit

    RAW MATERIAL SOURCE:SEAWATER

  • Deposit

    PLANT ALSO PRODUCES LIME

  • Deposit

    RCF AND CMS LISTS 10-81

  • Deposit

    DOES NOT APPEAR ON 1980/1981 MSHA LISTS; ASSUME PAST PROD.

  • Deposit

    NOT ON 1980 OR 1981 MSHA LIST; ASSUME PAST PRODUCER

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RAW MATERIAL SOURCE IS SEAWATER; NO SPECIFIC MINE IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PLANT.

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.