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Payne Creek

Past 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 10143335
MRDS ID ISM0369
MAS/MILS ID 0121050001
Record type Site
Current site name Payne Creek
Alternate or previous names Payne Creek - Palmetto, Payne Creek (IMC-Agrico)\n

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.9364, 27.6793 (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

Baird(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 024 E 20 E2NWNW Florida

Comments on the location information

  • About 10 Km West of Bartow; Rail Connection With Port Sutton On Tampa Bay

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

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) -81.9364, 27.6793
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3M
    Length 4025M
    Width 4025M
    Area 8674HA
    Depth to top 5.5M
    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 5.5
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5.5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5.5
    Total Surface Area (HA) 8674
    Date of Last Modification 850702

Comments on the geologic information

  • REWORKING, WEATHERING; PLEIS-HOLO; SEE: LAND PEBBLE PHOSPHATE DISTRICT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Mining method Strip-Level
Year of first production 1966
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Flotation
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
    Owner Freeport-McMoran Inc.
    ID 800172
    Interest 100
    Home office New York
    Year 1987
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Agrico Chemical Co.
    ID 800172
    Interest 100
    Home office Florida
    Year 1987

Comments on the ownership information

  • ON MARCH 1, 1987, FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC. PURCHASED AGRICO CHEMICAL COMPANY. IN 1/94 AGRICO AND IMC JOINED INTO JOINT VENTURE AGREEMENT

Production statistics

  • Year 1965
    Description Information Unavailable
  • Year 1966
    Description Information Unavailable
  • Year 1967
    Description Information Unavailable
  • Year 1968
    Description Information Unavailable
  • Year 1969
    Description Information Unavailable
  • Year 1970
    Description 8758000 Mt Ore
  • Year 1971
    Description 10080000 Mt Ore
  • Year 1972
    Description Shutdown
  • Year 1973
    Description 9025000 Mt Ore
  • Year 1974
    Description 10415000 Mt Ore
  • Year 1975
    Description 16869000 Mt Ore
  • Year 1976
    Description 8204000 Mt Ore
  • Year 1977
    Description 9114000 Mt Ore
  • Year 1978
    Description 9397000 Mt Ore
  • Year 1979
    Description 10324000 Mt Ore
  • Year 1980
    Description 10180000 Mt Ore
  • Year 1981
    Description 8125000 Mt Ore
  • Year 1982
    Description 2340000 Mt Ore
  • Year 1983
    Description Shutdown
  • Year 1984
    Description 4874300 Mt Ore
  • Year 1985
    Description 6695000 Mt Ore
  • Year 1986
    Description 1525000 Mt Ore

Comments on the production information

  • 2.7 MIL TPY CONCENTRATE (1983) UNKNOWN

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE COMMODITIES LISTED IN THE QA, F, AND Y DATA SETS, ALTHOUGH PRESENT, DO NOT HAVE THEIR RESPECTIVE GRADES LISTED BECAUSE AGRICO WAS UNWILLING TO DIVULGE THAT INFORMATION. THE ONLY DATA AVAILABLE COULD NOT BE VERIFIED AND, THEREFORE WAS NOT ENTERED.
  • ADIT UPDATE 1994: MINING OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN IN WHAT USED TO BE CLASSIFIED AS THE LITTLE PAYNE CREEK RESERVES (WHICH USED TO BE OWNED BY USS AGRI CHEMICALS - SEQ NO 0121050016). FEASIBILITY STUDY OR DEVELOPMENTS ARE UNDER WAY AT THIS TIME.
  • RESOURCES OF AGRICO CHEMICAL CORP., PAYNE CREEK + SADDLE CREEK + FORT GREEN MINES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1620HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method STRIP-LEVEL
    Swell Factor .91
    Percent Waste Rock 57
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 5.49
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Percentage 20
    Secondary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Percentage 80
    Hardness of Ore QUICKSAND
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 0
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 60
    Capacity 27216
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost 1.27
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 252
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1985

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL LAND HOLDING IS 9,860 HECTARES

Comments on other economic factors

  • ALL TM COSTS ARE EXPRESSED IN TERMS OF DRY TONS.
  • MINING RECOVERY IS 90% DESIGN CAPACITY IS 36,288 MTPD ORE WITH PRODUCTION THROUGH END OF LIFE STATED TO BE 27,216 MTPD ORE.
  • DILUTION RATE IS 10% BARREN MATERIAL

Comments on development

  • SURFACE WASHING, FLOTATION ORE IS TRANSPORTED BY PIPELINE TO THE MILL. THE FLOTATION PLANT IS BEING SUPPLIED WITH ORE FROM SEVERAL CONTIGUOUS AREAS..., I.E. PHOSPHORIA, NEW PHOSPHORIA, TIGER BAY, ACHAN, AND OTHER SMALL UNNAMED TRACTS
  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). DEVELOPMENT(UNKNOWN); EXPLORATION(UNKNOWN)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    WILLIAMS COMPANIES, 1984, SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION FORM 10-K FOR 1983: MARCH 26, 1985, 92 P.

  • Ownership

    BONNIE DODSON, SENIOR MINES PLANNER, AGRICO CHEMICAL CO.; 8/26/87 TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH LEE OSMONSON.

  • Production

    OLSON, STEVEN I., AND HAROLD H. MILLER, 1981, IMPROVED RECOVERY OF FLORIDA PHOSPHATE ROCK BY MODIFYING STANDARD 14 CU-M (500 CU-FT) WEMCO CELLS WITH 28 CU-M (1000 CU-FT) CELL MECHANISMS: SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS PRE-PRINT #81-321, NOVEMBER 1981, 13 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    AGRICO CHEMICAL COMPANY, 1984, MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN AGRICO CHEMICAL COMPANY AND INTERNATIONAL CHEMICAL WORKERS UNION LOCAL NO. 33: MAY 18, 1984, 59 P.

  • Reserve-Resource

    WILLIAMS COMPANIES, 1985, SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION FORM 10K FOR 1984: MARCH 27, 1985, 96 P.

  • Deposit

    BRITISH SULPHUR CORPORATION LIMITED, 1980, WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED.: 238 P.

  • Deposit

    EARTH SCIENCES, INC., 1979, URANIFEROUS PHOSPHATE RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS OF URANIUM RECOVERY FROM PHOSPHATE RESOURCES, UNITED STATES AND FREE WORLD: DEPT OF ENERGY CONTRACT GJBX-110(79) V. 2, JUNE 1979, 672 P.

  • Deposit

    HARBEN, PETER, 1981, FOUR CORNERS PHOSPHATE MINE - PROGRESS AND POTENTIAL: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 164, MAY 1981, P. 61-67.

  • Deposit

    HAYNES, B. W., G. W. KRAMER, AND J. A. JOLLY, 1981, FLUORINE AND URANIUM IN PHOSPHATE ROCK PROCESSING AND WASTE MATERIALS: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, RI 8576, 17 P.

  • Deposit

    LAWVER, J. E., J. P. BERNARDI, G. F. MCKEREGHAN, J. D. RAULERSON, D. LYNCH, AND R. S. HEARON, 1984, NEW TECHNIQUES IN BENEFICATION OF THE FLORIDA PHOSPHATES OF THE FUTURE: MINERALS AND METALLURGICAL PROCESSING, V. 1, NO. 2, P. 89-106.

  • Deposit

    RAULERSON, D. LYNCH, AND R. S. HEARON, 1984, NEW TECHNIQUES IN BENEFICATION OF THE FLORIDA PHOSPHATES OF THE FUTURE: MINERALS AND METALLURGICAL PROCESSING, V. 1, NO. 2, P. 89-106.

  • Deposit

    STOWASSER, W. F., 1983, PHOSPHATE ROCK, MINERAL COMMODITY PROFILE: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 18 P.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1970, THE NATIONAL ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

  • Deposit

    U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, 1981, DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT: MOBIL CHEM. CO., SOUTH FORT MEADE MINE, POLK COUNTY, FL, SEPT. 1981.

  • Deposit

    ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, SUPPLEMENT INFORMATION DOCUMENT: MOBIL CHEM. CO., SOUTH FORT MEADE MINE, POLK COUNTY, FL, SEPT. 1981.

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS COMPANIES, 1985, THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1984: FEBRUARY 11, 1985, 49 P.

  • Deposit

    World Mining, World Mines Register, 1981-82

  • Deposit

    IN BENEFICIATION OF THE FLORIDA PHOSPHATES OF THE FUTURE: MINERALS AND METALLURGICAL PROCESSING, V. 1, NO. 2, P. 89-106.

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS COMPANIES, 1984, THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1983: FEBRUARY 14, 1984, 52 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIMENSIONS ARE FOR REMAINING AREA AS LISTED IN S DATA SET.
Deposit This 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 Recommended by the United Nations group of experts on definitions and terminology for mineral resources. (see National Resources Forum v.4, no. 3, p.307-313)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-OCT-96 Daley, Michael R. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Reporter 01-JUL-97 \nHendrickson, J. C. (Spencer, S. M.) Florida Geological Survey
Reporter 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
Updater 14-DEC-10 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey Combined MRDS record ISM0369 (Dep_ID 10024643) and deleted that record

Beyond USGS

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Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 04/01/2002
MSHA mine ID0800172
Mine name (MSHA)PAYNE CREEK
Current operatorImc Phosphates Company
Current controller (parent)Mosaic Company
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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