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Keys Property

Prospect in Manatee 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. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Mineral rights holdings
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10119265
MAS/MILS ID 0120810004
Record type Site
Current site name Keys Property

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.08316, 27.29203 (WGS84)
Elevation 23
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Manatee(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Edgeville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sarasota(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Saint Petersburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Myakka(hydrologic unit)

Peace(hydrologic accounting unit)

Peace-Tampa Bay(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Florida Manatee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Tallahassee 037 S 022 E 02 C C C Florida

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 Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Montmorillonite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -82.08316, 27.29203
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 17.6M
    Length 7399M
    Width 7399M
    Area 5475HA
    Depth to top 10.1M
    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
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 10.1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Total Surface Area (HA) 5475
    Date of Last Modification 800430

Comments on the geologic information

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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1965
Mining method Strip-Level
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name South Florida

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Imc Fertilizer Group Inc 2100 Sanders Rd, Northbrook, Il
    Interest 50
    Home office Illinois
    Year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Freeport-Mcmoran
    Interest 50
    Home office Louisiana
    Year 1994

Comments on the ownership information

  • IMC-AGRICO SELLS SURFACE RIGHTS TO THIS PROPERTY, ALSO KNOWN AS GOLDEN RAINBOW RANCH FOR $16 MILLION IN JUNE 1994. MINERAL RIGHTS ARE TO BE RETAINED BY IMC-AGRICO.

Comments on the production information

  • MILL RECOVERY INCLUDES SLURRY LOSSES.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 5475HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method STRIP-LEVEL
    Percent Waste Rock 40.1
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 10.1
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Percentage 10
    Secondary Material Cover QUICKSAND
    Percentage 90
    Hardness of Ore QUICKSAND
    Capacity 68300
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost .62
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 365
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1980

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL LAND HOLDING IS 7851 HECTARES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Central Florida Phosphate Industry area-wide impact assessment program, existing land use, vol. IV, prepared for U.S.E.P.A. by Texas Instruments Incorporated, June 1977.

  • Deposit

    ZELLARS-WILLIAMS, QUESTIONNAIRES I & II.

  • Deposit

    GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP, MANATEE AND DE SOTO COUNTIES, FLORIDA

  • Deposit

    DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, 1974, 1971.

  • Deposit

    LAND ATLAS & PLAT BOOK, MANATEE, DE SOTO COUNTIES, FLORIDA 1

  • Deposit

    1973 PUBLISHED BY ROCKFORD MAP PUBLISHERS INC.

  • Deposit

    COST ESTIMATION FROM COMPUTER COST MODEL BY ZELLARS-WILLIAMS

  • Deposit

    MYAKKA CITY, EDGEVILLE, QUADRANGLES, FLORIDA 7 1/2 MINUTE SE U.S.G.S. 1956.

  • Deposit

    Zellars-Williams, Inc., Evaluation of the phosphate deposits of Florida using the Minerals Availability System, U.S. Bureau of Mines Open File Report 112-78, NTIS: PB 286-648/AS, 1978, 199 p.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTRACT #J0377000 ZELLARS-WILLIAMS INC. FLA. PHOSPHATE PROJ EFFECTIVE DATE JUNE 30, 1977.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-MAR-95 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 16-DEC-10 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey Added Model

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