Farmland Hillsborough Reserve

Unknown in Hillsborough county in Florida, United States with commodities Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Water, Free
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10118737
MAS/MILS ID 0120570006
Record type Site
Current site name Farmland Hillsborough Reserve
Alternate or previous names Four Corners, Hillsborough Cty Mine Dri Extension, S. E. Hillsborough`

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.19986, 27.73921 (WGS84)
Elevation 21
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hillsborough(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fort Lonesome(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Petersburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Saint Petersburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Manatee(hydrologic unit)

Tampa Bay(hydrologic accounting unit)

Peace-Tampa Bay(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Florida Hillsborough

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Tallahassee 031 S 021 E 34 E2NESW Florida

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Magnesite Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Uranium Tertiary
Water, Free Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Collophane Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Montmorillonite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -82.19986, 27.73921

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 5.5M
    Length 4235M
    Width 4235M
    Area 1792HA
    Depth to top 8.2M
    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 4.1
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 8.2
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 4.1
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1792
    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
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1930

Mining district

District name Central Florida Phosphate District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner International Minerals And Chemical Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Illinois
    Year 1985

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL LAND HOLDING IS 2053 HECTARES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IMCF DRI SD NO. 213 REVISED EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, SEPT 1992,

  • Deposit

    36 PAGES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IMC HAS COMBINED THIS PROPERTY INTO THE THE FOUR CORNERS MINE ALONG WITH THE HUNT BROS RANCH (SEQ NO 0120570008) AND STANALAND RANCH (SEQ NO 0120570009). THE S. E. HILLSBOROUGH FILE WAS AN EVALUATION BASED ON THE COMBINED PROPERTIES OF THESE THREE PROPERTIES. HOWEVER, IMC HAS NOW COMBINED THESE PROPERTIES INTO THE FOUR CORNERS MINES. THESE TRACTS ARE NOW KNOWN AS THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY MINES DRI EXTENSION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-OCT-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.