Taylor County Deposit #1

Occurrence in Taylor county in Florida, United States with commodities Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Water, Free
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. 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10265775
MAS/MILS ID 0121230003
Record type Site
Current site name Taylor County Deposit #1
Alternate or previous names Eridu

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -83.7599, 30.28213 (WGS84)
Elevation 16
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Taylor(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lamont SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Perry(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Valdosta(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 Taylor

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Tallahassee 002 S 006 E 30 S2SENE Florida

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Magnesite Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
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) -83.7599, 30.28213

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 4.6M
    Length 4123M
    Width 4123M
    Area 1700HA
    Depth to top 6.3M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 REPLACEMENT
    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 3.3
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 6.3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3.3
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1700
    Date of Last Modification 800325

Comments on the geologic information

  • DENSITY IS FOR DRY IN-SITU ORE; ASSUME 20% MOISTURE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1967

Mining district

District name North Florida

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown
Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Buckeye Cellulose Corp.
    Interest 90
    Home office Florida
    Year 1978
  • Type Owner
    Owner Unidentified Owners
    Interest 10
    Home office Florida
    Year 1978

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE AREA IS MINABLE, TOTAL AREA IS 2550 HECTARES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP, TAYLOR AND MADISON COUNTIES, FLORIDA, D

  • Deposit

    MENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

  • Deposit

    LAMONT SE AND SHADY GROVE, FLORIDA, QUADRANGLES, 7 1/2 SERIE

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1955.

  • 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 #J0377000. ZELLARS-WILLIAMS INC. FLA. PHOSPHATE PRO EFFECTIVE DATE JUNE 30 1977 DEPOSIT IS ON LAMONT SE AND SHADY GROVE 7 1/2 TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS TWELVE HOLES HAVE BEEN DRILLED ON PROPERTY. DISCONTINUOUS PHOSPHATE HORIZON, KARST AREA, PROBABLY SINKOL LINGS, THEREFORE RESERVES ARE NOT RELIABLE. LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE CENTER OF PROPERTY. DIMENSIONS ARE IDEALIZED FOR MINABLE AREA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Hartos U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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