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Fort Meade Mine - Cargill

Producer in Polk county in Florida, United States with commodities Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Mineral rights holdings
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10265790
MRDS ID ISM0361
MAS/MILS ID 0121050019
Record type Site
Current site name Fort Meade Mine - Cargill
Alternate or previous names Tencor Mine, Fort Meade Mine - Gardinier

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.8467, 27.7344 (WGS84)
Elevation 40
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Polk(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bowling Green(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bartow(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fort Pierce(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Peace(hydrologic unit)

Peace(hydrologic accounting unit)

Peace-Tampa Bay(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Florida Polk

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Tallahassee 032 S 025 E 18 C W2 Florida

Comments on the location information

  • About 17 Km Ssw of Fort Meade, About 27 Km Sw of Bartow

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 Ore
Dolomite Gangue
Montmorillonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 244
USGS model code 34d
Deposit model name Phosphate, warm current type

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.8467, 27.7344
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 4.3M
    Area 5350HA
    Depth to top 10.7M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #2 MASSIVE
    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
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 10.7
    Total Surface Area (HA) 5350
    Date of Last Modification 850805

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Mining method Strip-Level
Year of first production 1967
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Central Florida Phosphate District
District name Land Pebble Phosphate District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cargill Fertilizer, Inc.
    ID 800174
    Interest 100
    Home office Florida
    Year 1993
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Gardinier Inc.

Comments on the ownership information

  • CURRENTLY (SEPT. 1985), GARDINIER, INC. 1S OPERATING UNDER COURT PROTECTION, PROVIDED BY CHAPTER 11 OF THE FEDERAL BANKRUPTCY ACT, WHILE AN EFFORT IS MADE TO REORGANIZE ITS FINANCES. IN DECEMBER 1985, 80% OF GARDINIER, INC., WAS PURCHASED BY CARGILL INC.

Production statistics

  • Year 1973
    Description Total Ore (Matrix) Mined 3090300 Metric Tons For The Year
  • Year 1974
    Description Total Ore (Matrix) Mined 4351800 Metric Tons For The Year
  • Year 1975
    Description Total Ore (Matrix) Mined 6174700 Metric Tons For The Year
  • Year 1976
    Description Total Ore (Matrix) Mined 4956900 Metric Tons For The Year
  • Year 1977
    Description Total Ore (Matrix) Mined 7438900 Metric Tons For The Year
  • Year 1978
    Description Total Ore (Matrix) Mined 7551500 Metric Tons For The Year
  • Year 1979
    Description Total Ore (Matrix) Mined 7077800 Metric Tons For The Year
  • Year 1980
    Description Total Ore (Matrix) Mined 9374000 Metric Tons For The Year
  • Year 1981
    Description Total Ore (Matrix) Mined 5321700 Metric Tons For The Year
  • Year 1982
    Description Total Ore (Matrix) Mined 1705800 Metric Tons For The Year
  • Year 1983
    Description Total Ore (Matrix) Mined 3181200 Metric Tons For The Year
  • Year 1984
    Description Total Ore (Matrix) Mined 2386000 Metric Tons For The Year
  • Year 1985
    Description Total Ore (Matrix) Mined 2334000 Metric Tons For The Year
  • Year 1986
    Description Total Ore (Matrix) Mined 1648200 Metric Tons For The Year

Comments on the production information

  • DIFFERENCE IN OUTPUT FIGURE FROM CALCULATED NUMBER IS DUE TO NUMERICAL ROUNDING. PHOSPHATE ROCK PRODUCT IN RECORD A IS THE COMBINED PEBBLE AND FLOTATION-CONCENTRATE PRODUCTS.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ADIT UPDATE 1994: MINE IS PRODUCING 2.7 MILLION MTS ROCK PRODUCT PER YEAR. AT THIS RATE MINE WILL OPERATE FOR ANOTHER 10-11 YEARS. RESERVES BASED ON THIS PRODUCTION RATE AND MINE LIFE. THE FORMERLY LITTLE PAYNE CREEK RESERVES ARE NOW PART OF THE FORT MEADE MINE DEPOSITS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 5350HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method STRIP-LEVEL
    Swell Factor .91
    Percent Waste Rock 52
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 10.7
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 0
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 28443
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost .9
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 365
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1985

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL LAND HOLDING IS 6545 HECTARES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    JOHN HATCH, MINE MANAGER; 8/20/87 TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH LEE OSMONSON.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. COMPILATION OF PROPRIETARY, INDIVIDUAL COMPANY, PRODUCTION STATISTICS (FOR THE YEARS 1984 THROUGH 1986).

  • Production

    World Mines Register, 1981-82, San Francisco

  • Deposit

    TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC. CENTRAL FLORIDA PHOSPHATE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, CURRENT LAND USE I. E.P.A. CONTRACT NO. 68-01-4196, JUNE 1977.

  • Deposit

    ZELLARS-WILLIAMS, INC., EVALUATION OF THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF FLORIDA USING THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM, BUMINES OPEN FILE REPORT 112-78, NTIS: PB 286-648/AS, 1978, 199 PP.

  • Deposit

    ATLAS AND PLAT BOOK, POLK AND HARDEE COUNTIES, FLORIDA. ROCKFORD MAP PUBLISHERS, INC., ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, 1977.

  • Deposit

    EMIGH, G.D. PHOSPHATE, IN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS--SIMPLE AND SOPHISTICATED. MINING ENGINEERING, FEBRUARY 1968, PP. 125-126.

  • Deposit

    EMIGH, G.D.. PHOSPHATE ROCK, IN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS REVIEW. MINING ENGINEERING, FEBRUARY 1974, PP. 115-118.

  • Deposit

    E/MJ. PHOSPHATE--NEW CONSTRUCTION HELD BACK BY LACK OF SULPHUR, IN E/MJ'S 1968 PROJECT SURVEY. FEBRUARY 1968, PP. 90-93.

  • Deposit

    FULLER, R.B. THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF PHOSPHATE ROCK MINING. MINING ENGINEERING, AUGUST 1951, PP. 708-712.

  • Deposit

    GARDINIER, INC. APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL, NORTH HARDEE AREA, FORT MEADE PHOSPHATE MINE, HARDEE COUNTY, FLORIDA, PREP. BY DAMES & MOORE, LAKELAND, FL. DEVELOP MENT OF REGIONAL IMPACT (DRI), APRIL 1983, PP. 14-25, 197, 216-233, AND 244-253.

  • Deposit

    HARDEE AREA, FORT MEADE PHOSPHATE MINE, HARDEE COUNTY, FLORIDA, PREP. BY DAMES & MOORE, LAKELAND, FL. DEVELOP MENT OF REGIONAL IMPACT (DRI), APRIL 1983, PP. 14-25, 197, 216-233, AND 244-253.

  • Deposit

    FLORIDA, PREP. BY DAMES & MOORE, LAKELAND, FL. DEVELOP MENT OF REGIONAL IMPACT (DRI), APRIL 1983, PP. 14-25, 197, 216-233, AND 244-253.

  • Deposit

    MENT OF REGIONAL IMPACT (DRI), APRIL 1983, PP. 14-25, 197, 216-233, AND 244-253.

  • Deposit

    GARDINIER, INC., FORT MEADE MINE, FT. MEADE, FL. FORT MEADE MINE FLOWSHEET (COMPANY INFO. HANDOUT). 1 P.

  • Deposit

    _____. PERSONAL COMMUNICATION WITH COMPANY REPRESENTATIVES DURING TRIP TO FLORIDA IN JANUARY 1985.

  • Deposit

    GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP, POLK AND HARDEE COUNTIES, FLORIDA. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, 1971, 1972.

  • Deposit

    SKILLINGS' MINING REVIEW. CITIES SERVICE CO. TO SELL AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL FACILITIES. FEBRUARY 10, 1973, P. 5. COMPANY, PRODUCTION STATISTICS (FOR THE YEARS 1973 THROUGH 1983).

  • Deposit

    CULTURAL CHEMICAL FACILITIES. FEBRUARY 10, 1973, P. 5. COMPANY, PRODUCTION STATISTICS (FOR THE YEARS 1973 THROUGH 1983).

  • Deposit

    COMPANY, PRODUCTION STATISTICS (FOR THE YEARS 1973 THROUGH 1983).

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. BAIRD AND BOWLING GREEN QUADRANGLES (TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS), FLORIDA. 7.5 MINUTE SERIES, 1972 PHOTO REV., SCALE 1:24,000.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. FORT GREEN AND WAUCHULA QUADRANGLES (TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS), FLORIDA--HARDEE CO. 7.5 MINUTE SERIES, 1955, SCALE 1:24,000.

  • Deposit

    E&MJ, International Directory Of Mining, 1979, New York

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NUMBER OF WORKERS PER DAY IN RECORDS 001 THROUGH 006 OF THE LABOR DATA SET IS ONLY THE DAILY WORK FORCE NUMBER AND NOT THE TOTAL EMPLOYMENT FIGURE.
Deposit The MRDS Record Was Compiled For the International Strategic Minerals Inventory. The Data Were Used In Preparation of the USGS Circular 930 Series of Reports. Mineral Resource Categories and Codes Herein Are From the International Classification System Recommendations.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-OCT-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 04-NOV-02 Nicholson, S.W. U.S. Geological Survey Reformated date column; calculated latitude and longitude in decimal degrees; added Location Precision, Continent, Country, State, Commodity Code, Ore Minerals Code fields; changed Major Commodity field
Reporter 31-DEC-87 Saam, Henning, G. Bundesanstalt Fuer Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffee (Germany) PP-CARGILL FERT.
Updater 14-DEC-10 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey Combined data from MRDS record ISM0361 (Dep_ID 10024636) and deleted that record.

Beyond USGS

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Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 10/01/2007
MSHA mine ID0800174
Mine name (MSHA)FT MEADE MINE
Current operatorMosaic Fertilizer, LLC
Current controller (parent)Mosaic Company
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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