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Little Payne Creek

Unknown in Polk 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10143050
MAS/MILS ID 0121050016
Record type Site
Current site name Little Payne Creek
Alternate or previous names South Rockland Mine, Small Tracts Gardinier Ussac Area, North Hardee Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.87345, 27.62391 (WGS84)
Elevation 34
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hardee(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wauchula(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 024 S 033 E 12 S2NESW 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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 7.4M
    Length 5270M
    Width 5270M
    Area 3850HA
    Depth to top 6.1M
    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
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 6.1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 4
    Total Surface Area (HA) 3850
    Date of Last Modification 820616

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1950
Mining method Strip-Level
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name South Florida

Mineral rights holdings

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cargill Fertlizer, Inc.
    Home office Florida
    Year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Imc-Agrico Co
    Home office Florida
    Year 1994

Comments on the ownership information

  • PROPERTY HAS BEEN SPLIT INTO OTHER PROPERTIES. THE CARGILL PORTION IS NOW PART OF THE SOUTH FT MEADE DEPOSIT (SEQ NO 0121050012) AND THE PAYNE CREEK DEPOSIT (SEQ NO 0121050001) OWNED BY IMC-AGRICO PARTNERSHIP. ALL MINE, RESERVE RECORDS HAVE BEEN REMOVED

Comments on the production information

  • PORTION OF IMC-AGRICO PROPERTY IS BEING MINED AS PART OF THE PAYNE CREEK DEPOSIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY IS NEAR ROCKLAND MINE/IS INSPECTED JOINTLY BY MSHA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TOTAL LAND HOLDING IS 7030 HECTARES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-APR-95 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 16-DEC-10 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey Added Model

Beyond USGS

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

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