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Rutland-Colvin-Vale

Prospect in Manatee 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. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Mineral rights holdings
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10119167
MAS/MILS ID 0120810006
Record type Site
Current site name Rutland-Colvin-Vale

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.27766, 27.56702 (WGS84)
Elevation 33
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Manatee(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rye(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Petersburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Saint Petersburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

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 Manatee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Tallahassee 033 S 020 E 35 Florida

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -82.27766, 27.56702
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 17.4M
    Length 4860M
    Width 4860M
    Area 1180HA
    Depth to top 12.5M
    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
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 12.5
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1180
    Date of Last Modification 830302

Comments on the geologic information

  • DENSITY IS FOR DRY INSITU ORE; ASSUME 20% MOISTURE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1965
Mining method Strip-Level
Milling method Flotation

Comments on exploration

  • EXTENT OF DRILLING WAS 9 HOLES/SECTION

Mining district

District name Southern Florida

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Imc Fertilizer Group Inc 2100 Sanders Rd Northbrook, Il
    Interest 50
    Home office Illinois
    Year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Freeport Mcmoran (Parent Co. Of Agrico Co.)
    Interest 50
    Home office Louisiana
    Year 1994

Comments on the production information

  • MILL RECOVERY INCLUDES SLURRY LOSSES

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • EXTRACTABLE ORE GRADE PEBBLE IS 3% OF PRODUCT MINING RECOVERY = 85% GRADES OTHER THAN P2O5 NOT DETERMINED BY ZWI. THIS PROPERTY DATA FILE WAS REEVALUATED ON JULY 30, 1985. RESERVE/RESOURCE DATA REPRESENTS THE MOST RECENT ESTIMATES. IMC EXAMINED THE INFORMATION FROM THE MAS DATA BASE BUT MADE NO CHANGES OR ADDITIONS. DTHERE ARE NO COMPANY PLANS TO DEVELOP THIS PROPERTY AT THIS TIME. ALL THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PRESENTED IN THIS DATA BASE MAY NOT BE CORRECT BUT REPRESENTS THE LATEST INFORMATION AVAILABLE, OR ZWI-EFOC INFORMATION WHICH REMAINS IN THE DATA BASE ONLY FOR HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1180HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method STRIP-LEVEL
    Swell Factor .9
    Percent Waste Rock 52.8
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 12.5
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Percentage 10
    Secondary Material Cover QUICKSAND
    Percentage 90
    Hardness of Ore QUICKSAND
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 0
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 60
    Capacity 35900
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost .97
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 365
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1980

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL LAND HOLDINGS ARE 8860 HECTARES MAXIMUM SURFACE AREA POTENTIALLY DISTURBED IS MINABLE, NOT TOTAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Central Florida Phosphate Industry area-wide impact assessment program, existing land use, vol. IV, prepared for U.S.E.P.A. by Texas Instruments Incorporated, June 1977.

  • Deposit

    MANATEE COUNTY 1990 PLAN. MANATEE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD,

  • Deposit

    BRADENTON, FLORIDA, 1976

  • Deposit

    GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP, MANATEE COUNTY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT

  • Deposit

    OF TRANSPORTATION, 1974

  • Deposit

    LAND ATLAS & PLAT BOOK, MANATEE COUNTY, FLORIDA, 1977, PUBLI

  • Deposit

    ROCKFORD MAP PUBLISHERS, INC.

  • Deposit

    RYE, PARRISH, VERNA, QUADRANGLES, FLORIDA, 7 1/2 MINUTE SERI

  • Deposit

    U.S.G.S., 1944

  • Deposit

    Zellars-Williams, Inc., Evaluation of the phosphate deposits of Florida using the Minerals Availability System, U.S. Bureau of Mines Open File Report 112-78, NTIS: PB 286-648/AS, 1978, 199 p.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTRACT #J0377000 ZELLARS-WILLIAMS INC. FLA. PHOSPHATE PROJ EFFECTIVE DATE JUNE 30, 1970 ALL LOCATIONS ARE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF PROPERTY. AVERAGE DIMENSIONS OF MINERALIZATION ARE IDEALIZED FOR THE MINABLE AREA (NOT ACTUAL DIMENSIONS)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-MAR-95 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 16-DEC-10 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey Added Model

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