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Payne Creek-Palmetto Mine

Producer in Polk county in Florida, United States with commodities 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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Reserves and resources
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080273
MRDS ID W031384
Record type Site
Current site name Payne Creek-Palmetto Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.93871, 27.69477 (WGS84)
Elevation 40
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

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 032S 024E 20 E2 OF NW4 OF NW4 Florida

Comments on the location information

  • Ag00177
  • PART OF THE CONSOLIDATED LAND TRACT (CATHCART, 1954)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Collophane Ore

Analytical data

Result OVER 70% TPL

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 Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Phosphorite
    Rock unit name Bonevalley;Hawthorn: Underlies Bone Valley Unconformably. Yellow-Tan Dolostone
    Rock description Bonevalley;Hawthorn: Underlies Bone Valley Unconformably. Yellow-Tan Dolostone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.93871, 27.69477
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Phosphorite

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET (COVERS 2000 SQ MI OF THE COASTAL PLAIN)
    Dip SLOPES OF5 FT/MILE ARE COMMON TO BONE VALLEY FM.
    Thickness 4.57M
    Depth to top 7M

Comments on the geologic information

  • A Land Pebble Deposit Thickness Varies Due To Hawthorn Karst Topography
  • THE BONE VALLEY FM WAS DEPOSITED ON THE ERODED SURFACE OF THE HAWTHORN FM. BY A TRANSGRESSING SEA THAT REWORKED AND SORTED THE HIGHLY PHOSPHATIC RESIDUAL OF THE HAWTHORN FM. PHOSPHATE RECOVEREDIS FROM THE LOWER BONE VALLEY-WHICH IS LESS WEATHERED-AND THE UPPER RESIDUAL PART OF THE HAWTHORN. RIGGS (1967) REDEFINED THE STRATIGRAPHY CREATING HAWTHORN GROUP WHICHINCLUDES ROCKS PREVIOUSLY PLACED IN HAWTHORN AND BONE VALLEY FMS. BONE VALLEY FM. WAS THEN SUBDIVIDED INTO 11 MEMBERS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1965

Mining district

District name Central Florida Phosphate District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Agrico Chemical Co.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1984
    Total resources 100000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 31 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1984
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1954
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.058 wt-pct Uranium Trace 1954

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CATHCART, J.B.,MCGREEVY, L.J., AND COLEMAN, A.M., 1954, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE ZONE ON PROPERTY OWNED BY THE AMERICAN AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL CO., LAND-PEBBLE PHOSPHATE DISTRICT, FLA. US GEOL. SURV. TRACE ELEMENT MEMORANDUM RPT. 865, 53P.
  • REPRESENTS RESOURCES OF PAYNE CREEK + SADDLE CREKK + FORT GREEN MINES.

Comments on development

  • PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS ARE COMMONLY LOCATED USING GAMMA RAY LOGGING, AIRBORNE RADIOACTIVITY LOGGING AND GEIGER COUNTER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CENTRAL FLORIDA PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY AREAWIDE IMPACT ASSESSMENT PROGRAM, EXISTING LAND USE, VOL IV, PREPARED FOR U.S.E.P.A. BY TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC, JUNE 1977

  • Deposit

    ZELLARS-WILLIAMS, QUESTIONAIRES I & II. 10-K REPORT. THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES, 1977

  • Deposit

    U.S.BUREAU OF MINES CAPITAL COST MODEL, PREPARED BY ZELLARS-WILLIAMS, INC. 1978

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES GENERAL PURPOSE MINING COST MODEL, PREPARED BY ZELLARS-WILLIAMS, INC. 1978.

  • Deposit

    KRAUSS AND OTHERS, 1984, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT-- PHOSPHATE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-C, 41 P.

  • Deposit

    RAND MCNALLY & COMPANY, FLORIDA STATE AND COUNTY OUTLINE MAP.

  • Deposit

    ENVIRONMENT RULES AFFECTING MINING, SUBMITTED BY AGRICO.

  • Deposit

    GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP, POLKCOUNTY, FLORIDA. 1975.

  • Deposit

    BAIRD QUADRANGLE, FLORIDA, 7 1/2 MINUTE SERIES, U.S.G.S. 1955.

  • Other Database

    ISMI

  • Production

    KRAUSS AND OTHERS, 1984

  • Deposit

    Application For Development Of Regional Impact, Kingsford Operation. Imc, Hillsborough County, 1974.Application For Development Of Regional Impact, Kingsford Operation. Imc, Hillsborough County, 1974.

  • Deposit

    International Minerals & Chemicals Corp. Annual Report 1976.International Minerals & Chemicals Corp. Annual Report 1976.

  • Deposit

    International Minerals & Chemicals Corp. Form 10k, 1976.International Minerals & Chemicals Corp. Form 10k, 1976.

  • Deposit

    Central Florida Phosphate Ind. Area Wide Impact Assessment Program. Existing Land Use, Vol Iv, Prepared For U.S.E.P.A By Texas Instruments Inc. June 1977.Central Florida Phosphate Ind. Area Wide Impact Assessment Program. Existing Land Use, Vol Iv, Prepared For U.S.E.P.A By Texas Instruments Inc. June 1977.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A LAND-PEBBLE DEPOSIT THICKNESS VARIES DUE TO HAWTHORN KARST TOPOGRAPHY
Deposit PHOSPHORITE STUDIES WERE MOTIVATED SOLELY BY THE OCCURRENCE OF URANIUM AS A TRACE SUBSTITUENT OF APATITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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-1978 Saam, Henning, G. Bundesanstalt Fuer Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffee (Germany)

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