Live Oak Deposit

Prospect in Suwannee county in Florida, United States with commodities Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Water, Free
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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10168245
MAS/MILS ID 0121210004
Record type Site
Current site name Live Oak Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -83.89991, 30.22413 (WGS84)
Elevation 50
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Taylor(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nutall Rise(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Perry(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Valdosta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Aucilla(hydrologic unit)

Aucilla-Waccasassa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Suwannee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Florida Suwannee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Tallahassee 035 S 014 E 15 E2NWSW Florida

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Magnesite Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Uranium Tertiary
Water, Free Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Collophane Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Montmorillonite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Suwannee Limestone

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 8M
    Length 7022M
    Width 7022M
    Area 4931HA
    Depth to top 8M
    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 2.1
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 8
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2.1
    Total Surface Area (HA) 4931
    Date of Last Modification 800325

Comments on the geologic information

  • DENSITY IS FOR DRY IN-SITU ORE; ASSUME 20% MOISTURE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1966
Mining method Strip-Level
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name North Florida

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Undetermined Owners
    Interest 100
    Year 1978

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • QA=EXT QUANTITY ASSAYS ARE IN EXTRACTABLE GRADES PEBBLE IS 0% OF PRODUCT GRADES OTHER THAN P2O5 NOT DETERMINED BY ZWI

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL LAND HOLDING IS 5342 HECTARES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAND USE AND LAND COVER MAPS, U972, VALDOSTA, U.S. GEOLOGICA

  • Deposit

    SURVEY, 1969.

  • Deposit

    GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP, SUWANEE COUNTY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF T

  • Deposit

    TATION, 1975.

  • Deposit

    ZELLARS-WILLIAMS INC.,EVALUATION OF THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS

  • Deposit

    OF FLORIDA USING THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM, BUMINES

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTRACT #J0377000.ZELLARS-WILLIAMS INC. FLA. PHOSPHATE PROJ EFFECTIVE DATE JUNE 30, 1977. DIMENSIONS ARE IDEALIZED FOR MINABLE AREA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-OCT-1992 Hrabik, J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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