Saddle Creek (The Williams Co.)

Prospect in Polk county in Florida, United States with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024647
MRDS ID ISM0373
Record type Site
Current site name Saddle Creek (The Williams Co.)
Alternate or previous names Saddle Creek, Saddle Creek-Ebersbach, Lakeland Tract.
Related records 10119170

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.83315, 28.03356 (WGS84)
Elevation 38
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Polk(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Auburndale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kissimmee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Orlando(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

Comments on the location information

  • About 1.2 Km West of Fort Meade
  • ABOUT 10 KM NE OF LAKELAND

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PHOSPHATE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Collophane Ore

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

(1) -81.83315, 28.03356

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sand
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Clay

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 7M

Comments on the geologic information

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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1968
Year of last production 1983

Mining district

District name Land Pebble Phosphate District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Agrico Chemical Co.

Comments on the production information

  • 0.9 MIL TPY CONCENTRATE (1983) UNKNOWN

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • R1E1) COMBINED RESOURCES IN AGRICO CHEMICAL'S PAYNE CREEK, FORT GREEN AND SADDLE CREEK MINES

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). DEVELOPMENT(UNKNOWN); EXPLORATION(UNKNOWN); ORE GRADES >32 % P2O5 (>70 % BPL)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDON

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, WORLD MINES REGISTER, 1981-82

  • Production

    PA1-PA2) WORLD MINING, WORLD MINES REGISTER, 1981-82

  • Deposit

    British Sulphur Corp. Ltd., 1980: World Survey Of Phosphate Deposits, 4th Ed., LondonBritish Sulphur Corp. Ltd., 1980: World Survey Of Phosphate Deposits, 4th Ed., London

  • Deposit

    World Mining, World Mines Register, 1981-82World Mining, World Mines Register, 1981-82

General comments

Subject category Comment text
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 Recomm
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.). SURFACE WASHING, FLOTATION THICKNESS OF THE ORE BODY 5.0-6.6 M. ORE IS TRANSPORTED BY PIPELINE TO THE MILL, BENEFICIATION METHOD THROUGH FLOTATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Editor 04-NOV-2002 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 fie
Reporter 31-DEC-1987 Saam, Henning, G. Bundesanstalt Fuer Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffee (Germany)

Beyond USGS

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