Agglite Debris

Past Producer in Hillsborough 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. 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 10143139
MAS/MILS ID 0120570004
Record type Site
Current site name Agglite Debris
Alternate or previous names Florida Agglite Debris Plant, Ahcan, Gooch, McKay, Dean Street, Rianbow

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.12096, 27.9153 (WGS84)
Elevation 40
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hillsborough(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nichols(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Petersburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Saint Petersburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alafia(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 029 S 022 E 32 S2SENW 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 3M
    Length 1064M
    Width 1064M
    Area 113HA
    Depth to top 3M
    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 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 113
    Date of Last Modification 800109

Comments on the geologic information

  • PRECISE DRY INSITU DENSITY=1.36;ASSUME 20% MOISTURE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1935
Mining method Strip-Level
Year of first production 1935
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Wash
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Central Florida Phosphate District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Southern Industries
    Interest 100
    Home office A035 S. Florida Ave. Lakeland, FL
    Year 1978

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PEBBLE IS 4.3% OF ORE. ADDITIONAL EXT. GRADE LOST IN GANGUE IS 2.68%P2O5. ORE RESERVES INCLUDE TWO DEBRIS DEPOSITS AND ONE OF MATRIX.

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL LAND HOLDING IS 263 HECTARES.

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

    RAND MCNALLY & COMPANY, FLORIDA STATE AND COUNTY OUTLINE MAP REFERENCES-ATLAS & PLAT BOOK, POLK COUNTY, FL. ROCKFORD MAPPERS, INC. ROCKFORD, ILL.,1977

  • Deposit

    GENERAL HIGHWAY MAPS OF POLK AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES, FLORIDA

  • Deposit

    DOVER, NICHOLS, MULBERRY, BRADLEY JUNCTION QUADRANGLES FLORIDA, 7 1/2 MINUTE SERIES U.S.G.S. 1955, 1955, 1949, 1949.

  • 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, 1977.

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

Beyond USGS

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