Saddle Creek - Ebersbach

Past Producer in Polk county in Florida, United States with commodities Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium
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. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10119170
MRDS ID ISM0373
MAS/MILS ID 0121050003
Record type Site
Current site name Saddle Creek - Ebersbach
Alternate or previous names Ebersbach, Saddle Creek Mine
Related records 10024647

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.83375, 28.0334 (WGS84)
Elevation 38
Location accuracy 100(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Tallahassee 028 S 025 E 20 S2NWNW 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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.83375, 28.0334

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.8M
    Length 1560M
    Width 1560M
    Area 2297HA
    Depth to top 5.5M
    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
    Minimum Depth to Top 5.5
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5.5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5.5
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2297
    Date of Last Modification 850807

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Mining method Strip-Level
Year of first production 1968
Milling method Flotation

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 Agrico Chemical Co.
    ID 800173
    Interest 100
    Home office Florida
    Year 1987

Production statistics

  • Year 1968
    Description Information Unavailable
  • Year 1969
    Description Information Unavailable
  • Year 1970
    Description 4862000 Mt Ore
  • Year 1971
    Description 4837000 Mt Ore
  • Year 1972
    Description Shutdown
  • Year 1973
    Description 3656000 Mt Ore
  • Year 1974
    Description 3646000 Mt Ore
  • Year 1975
    Description 5920000 Mt Ore
  • Year 1976
    Description 3010000 Mt Ore
  • Year 1977
    Description 565000 Mt Ore
  • Year 1978
    Description 1497000 Mt Ore
  • Year 1979
    Description Shutdown
  • Year 1980
    Description 1896000 Mt Ore
  • Year 1981
    Description Shutdown
  • Year 1982
    Description Shutdown
  • Year 1983
    Description 2619000 Mt Ore
  • Year 1984
    Description 2970100 Mt Ore
  • Year 1985
    Description 843700 Mt Ore
  • Year 1986
    Description 1463200 Mt Ore

Comments on the production information

  • PROPERTY HAS BEEN CLOSED SINCE 1987 AND THERE ARE NO PLANS TO RESUME OPERATIONS. THE PROPERTY WAS SHUT DOWN FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD ON DEC. 20, 1986; HOWEVER, ON MARCH 1, 1987, THE SHUTDOWN WAS MADE PERMANENT.

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL LAND HOLDING IS 2,990 HECTARES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BONNIE DODSON, SENIOR MINES PLANNER, AGRICO CHEMICAL CO.;

  • Deposit

    8/26/87 TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH LEE OSMONSON.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. COMPILATION OF PROPRIETARY, INDIVIDUAL

  • Deposit

    COMPANY, PRODUCTION STATISTICS (FOR THE YEARS 1984

  • Deposit

    THROUGH 1986).

  • Production

    OLSON, STEVEN I., AND HAROLD H. MILLER, 1981, IMPROVED

  • Production

    RECOVERY OF FLORIDA PHOSPHATE ROCK BY MODIFYING STANDARD

  • Production

    14 CU-M (500 CU-FT) WEMCO CELLS WITH 28 CU-M (1000 CU-FT)

  • Production

    CELL MECHANISMS: SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS PREPRINT

  • Production

    #81-321, NOVEMBER 1981, 13 P.

  • Ownership

    GEORGE SCHAHADI, MANAGER OF REAL ESTATE SERVICES, THE

  • Ownership

    WILLIAMS COMPANIES; 8/26/87 TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH

  • Ownership

    LEE OSMONSON.

  • Reserve-Resource

    WILLIAMS COMPANIES, 1984, SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

  • Reserve-Resource

    COMMISSION FORM 10-K FOR 1983: MARCH 26, 1984, 92 P.

  • Reserve-Resource

    WILLIAMS COMPANIES, 1985, SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

  • Reserve-Resource

    COMMISSION FORM 10-K FOR 1984: MARCH 27, 1985, 96 P.

  • Deposit

    AGRICO CHEMICAL COMPANY, 1984, MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT

  • Deposit

    BETWEEN AGRICO CHEMICAL COMPANY AND INTERNATIONAL CHEMICAL

  • Deposit

    WORKERS UNION LOCAL NO. 33: MAY 18, 1984, 59 P.

  • Deposit

    BRITISH SULPHUR CORPORATION LIMITED, 1980, WORLD SURVEY

  • Deposit

    OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED.: 238 P.

  • Deposit

    EARTH SCIENCES, INC., 1979, URANIFEROUS PHOSPHATE

  • Deposit

    RESOURCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS OF URANIUM RECOVERY

  • Deposit

    FROM PHOSPHATE RESOURCES, UNITED STATES AND FREE WORLD:

  • Deposit

    DEPT OF ENERGY CONTRACT GJBX-110(79) V. 2, JUNE 1979, 672 P.

  • Deposit

    HARBEN, PETER, 1981, FOUR CORNERS PHOSPHATE MINE -

  • Deposit

    PROGRESS AND POTENTIAL: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 164, MAY

  • Deposit

    1981, P. 61-67.

  • Deposit

    HAYNES, B. W., G. W. KRAMER, AND J. A. JOLLY, 1981,

  • Deposit

    FLUORINE AND URANIUM IN PHOSPHATE ROCK PROCESSING AND WASTE

  • Deposit

    MATERIALS: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, RI 8576, 17 P.

  • Deposit

    LAWVER, J. E., J. P. BERNARDI, G. E. MCKEREGHAN, J. D.

  • Deposit

    RAULERSON, D. LYNCH, AND R. S. HEARON, 1984, NEW TECHNIQUES

  • Deposit

    IN BENEFICIATION OF THE FLORIDA PHOSPHATES OF THE FUTURE:

  • Deposit

    MINERALS, AND METALLURGICAL PROCESSING, V. 1, NO. 2,

  • Deposit

    P. 89-106.

  • Deposit

    STOWASSER, W. F., 1983, PHOSPHATE ROCK, MINERAL

  • Deposit

    COMMODITY PROFILE: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 18 P.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1970, THE NATIONAL ATLAS OF THE

  • Deposit

    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

  • Deposit

    U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, 1981, DRAFT

  • Deposit

    ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT: MOBIL CHEM. CO., SOUTH FORT

  • Deposit

    MEADE MINE, POLK COUNTY, FL. SEPT. 1981.

  • Deposit

    ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, SUPPLEMENT INFORMATION

  • Deposit

    DOCUMENT: MOBIL CHEM: CO., SOUTH FORT MEADE MINE, POLK

  • Deposit

    COUNTY, FL., SEPT. 1981.

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS COMPANIES, 1984, THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES ANNUAL

  • Deposit

    REPORT FOR 1983: FEBRUARY 14, 1984, 52 P.

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS COMPANIES, 1985, THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES ANNUAL

  • Deposit

    REPORT FOR 1984: FEBRUARY 11, 1985, 49 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIMENSIONS ARE FOR REMAINING AREA AS LISTED IN S DATA SET.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-APR-1995 Daley, Michael R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 12/17/1986
MSHA mine ID0800173
Mine name (MSHA)Saddle Creek
Current operatorAgrico Mining Company
Current controller (parent)Williams Companies
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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