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Pine Level Deposit

Prospect in DeSoto 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 10167207
MAS/MILS ID 0120270002
Record type Site
Current site name Pine Level Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.99095, 27.25033 (WGS84)
Elevation 18
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

DeSoto(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Limestone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Arcadia(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 DeSoto

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Tallahassee 037 S 023 E 15 C SESE 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) Hawthorn Group, Peace River Formation
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 5.5M
    Length 4870M
    Width 4870M
    Area 1860HA
    Depth to top 5.6M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    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 1.8
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5.6
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1.8
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1860
    Date of Last Modification 800211

Comments on the geologic information

  • PRECISE DRY INSITU DENSITY=1.52; ASSUME 20% MOISTURE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1967
Mining method Strip-Level
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name South Florida

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Florida Crushed Stone Is Parent Co. Of Con. Min. Inc
    Interest 100
    Home office Florida
    Year 1994

Comments on the ownership information

  • FLORIDA CRUSHED STONE CO. OF LESSBURG, FL, IS PARENT COMPANY OF CONSOLIDATED MINERALS, INC, P O BOX 790, PLANT CITY, FL 34289, PURCHASED THE PROPERTY IN NOVEMBER 1986.

Comments on the production information

  • PRECISE MILL RECOVERY INCLUDING SLURRY LOSSES = 94.4%

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • QUANTITY ASSAYS MATRIX 1 ARE IN EXTRACTABLE GRADES. MATRIX 1 EQUALS MATRIX 2 PLUS MATRIX 3 PEBBLE IS 4.5% OF ORE FOR ALL MATRICES. ADDITIONAL EXT.GRADE LOST IN GANGUE IS 1.85% P2O5 (MATRIX 1) MINE RECOVERY = 85% QUANTITY ASSAYS MATRIX 2 ARE IN EXTRACTABLE GRADES. ADDITIONAL EXT.GRADE LOST IN GANGUE IS 1.85% P2O5 (MATRIX 2) QAM3=EXT QUANTITY ASSAYS MATRIX 3 ARE IN EXTRACTABLE GRADES. ADDITIONAL EXT.GRADE LOST INT GANGUE IS 1.71% (MATRTIX 3). QAM4=EXT QUANTITY ASSAYS MATRIX 4 ARE IN EXTRACTABLE GRADES. ADDITIONAL EXT.GRADE LOST IN GANGUE IS 1.95% P2O5. M9C4=M1C1 M9C5=M4C1, THIS MATRIX REPRESENTS THE COMBINING OF THE PINE LEVEL AND DESOTO -MANATEE DEPOSITS (SEQ NO 0120270001). GRADES WERE WEIGHTED BETWEEN THE TWO DEPOSITS. TONNAGE ESTIMATED BY USING DATA IN FILE TO FACTOR 22,735 MTS/ACRE. TRACT REPORTED TO CONSIST OF 23,600 ACRES (STATE SERVICE REPORT - CLASSIFIED) COL 1 COMMENTS PERTAIN TO ALL COLUMNS. THIS PROPERTY DATA FILE WAS REEVALUATED ON 8 AUG. 1985. THE RESERVES FOR PINE LEVEL ALSO INCLUDE THOSE FROM THE DESOTA-MANATEE SEQ. NO. 012-027-0001. M7=N/CUM. TONNAGES REPORTED IN MATRIX 7 COL 3= PARA-ECON RESOURCE, COL 2= PARA-ECON MGO RESOURCE, COL 3= MEASURED RESERVE. THE ZWI DATA FOR THIS PROPERTY CONTAINED MANY ASSUMPTIONS AND IS MOSTLY CONSIDERED AS ACCURATE. 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. MATRIX 7 COLS ARE NOT CUMULATIVE.
  • FORMERLY OWNED BY AMAX INC. ADIT UPDATE 1993: THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN ACQUIRED BY CONSOLIDATED MINERALS, INC. AND IS BEING PERMITTED. THE OPERATION IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE 4 MILLION ST OF PHOSPHATE ROCK PER YEAR. (3,628,739 MT/YR)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2370HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method STRIP-LEVEL
    Swell Factor .91
    Percent Waste Rock 50.5
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 5.55
    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 10959
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost 1.53
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 365
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1979
  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2370HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method STRIP-LEVEL
    Swell Factor .91
    Percent Waste Rock 50.5
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 5.55
    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 17400
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost 2.23
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 365
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1979

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL LAND HOLDING IS 3280 HECTARES.

Comments on other economic factors

  • ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO CONTACT EACH PROPERTY OWNER BY PHONE AND LETTER FOR CURRENT INFORMATION. AMAX PROVIDED NEW DATA. DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE YEARS WERE DELETED BECAUSE THERE ARE NO COMPANY PLANS TO DEVELOP THIS PROPERTY AT THIS TIME.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. MINERALS ALERT, OCT. 17, 1986.

  • Deposit

    ZELLAR-WILLIAMS, INC. EVALUATION OF THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS

  • Deposit

    OF FLORIDA USING THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEMS, BUMINES

  • Deposit

    OPEN FILE REPORT 112-78, NTIS: PB 286-648/AS,1978, 199PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIMENSIONS ARE IDEALIZED FOR MINABLE AREA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-OCT-96 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 15-DEC-10 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey Added Model

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