Baker County Deposit #1

Occurrence in Baker 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10289097
MAS/MILS ID 0120030002
Record type Site
Current site name Baker County Deposit #1

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.44596, 30.51022 (WGS84)
Elevation 40
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sargent(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Okefenokee Swamp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Valdosta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Suwannee(hydrologic unit)

Suwannee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Suwannee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

National Forests in Florida(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Florida Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Tallahassee 001 N 019 E 07 C SWNE 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) -82.44596, 30.51022

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 8.5M
    Length 4419M
    Width 4419M
    Area 1953HA
    Depth to top 10.4M
    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
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 10.4
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1953
    Date of Last Modification 820616

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1965

Mining district

District name North Florida

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sawgrass Ranch (Bill Barker)
    Interest 100
    Home office Florida
    Year 1978

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL SURFACE AREA IS 1953 HECTARES (4826 ACRES).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP, BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDA, JULY 1977

  • Deposit

    LAND AND LAND COVER, 1972-1974, U.S.G.S.

  • 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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Hrabik, J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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