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Silver City

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024648
MRDS ID ISM0374
Record type Site
Current site name Silver City
Related records 10216458

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.89985, 27.80031 (WGS84)
Elevation 50

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Polk(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bradley Junction(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

Comments on the location information

  • 1:1,000,000 SCALE MAP
  • ABOUT 10 KM WNW OF FORT MAEDE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Uranium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PHOSPHATE

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) -81.89985, 27.80031
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 8M

Comments on the geologic information

  • WEATHERING; PLIO-PLEIS; CARBONATE, FLUORAPATITE, DOLOMITE, QUARTZ, MONTMORILLONITE, KAOLINITE
  • REWORKING, WEATHERING; PLEIS-HOLO; SEE: LAND PEBBLE PHOSPHATE DISTRICT; ORE WITH A HIGH PROPORTION OF PEBBLE, MATRIX IS ABOUT 4-5 M THICK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1906
Year of first production 1962
Year of last production 1983

Mining district

District name Land Pebble Phosphate District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Estech General Chemicals Corp., (Former: Swift Agriculture Chemical Corp)

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION CAPACITY IS DOUBLE THE PRESENT PRODUCTIONU.S. BUREAU OF MINES PRODUCTION RECORDS DO NOT SEPARATE NORTH FLORIDA PRODUCTION, IT IS INCLUDED WITH SOUTH FLORIDA AND NORTH CAROLINA AS ABOVE, ESTIMATED PRODUCTION BASED ON COMPANY RECORDS AND CONTINUED U.S. BUREAU OF MINES DATA
  • 1.6 MIL TPY (1983) UNKNOWNFOR PRODUCTION FIGURES SEE: LAND PEBBLE PHOSPHATE DISTRICT

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RR25) NORTH LAKE CITY; BROOKES-DUKES; RR26) OSCEOLA NATIONAL FOREST RR41) INFERRED MARGINAL RESOURCES
  • SUWANNEE RIVER, SWIFT CREEK MINES; DEAP CREEK PROSPECT
  • FOR RESERVES/RESOURCES SEE: LAND PEBBLE PHOSPHATE DISTRICT

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (ENVIRONMENT;). DEVELOPMENT(YES); EXPLORATION(YES); SUWANNE RIVER MINE AND PLANT OPERATING, SWIFT CREEK ON STANDBY
  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). DEVELOPMENT(UNKNOWN); EXPLORATION(UNKNOWN); AVERAGE GRADE OF PRODUCT 31.1 % P2O5 (68 % BPL), FACILITIES TO SHIP PRODUCTS ARE LOCATED AT AGRICOLA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    E&MJ, INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING, 1979, NEW YORK

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 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 1-10 M CONCENTRATE REFINED
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 ORE IS TRANSPORTED BY PIPELINE TO THE MILL (ON-SITE), BENEFICIATION METHOD: FLOTATION
Deposit Discovery Year: 1930'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1983 Saam, Henning, G. Bundesanstalt Fuer Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffee (Germany)

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