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Noralyn/Phosphoria

Past Producer 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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Mineral rights holdings
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10168358
MRDS ID ISM0368
MAS/MILS ID 0121050008
Record type Site
Current site name Noralyn/Phosphoria
Alternate or previous names Noralyn (IMC-Agrico)

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -81.8645, 27.8449 (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

Homeland(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 030 S 024 E 25 NESE Florida

Comments on the location information

  • About 8 Km West of Mulberry, ABOUT 10 KM WEST OF BARTOW; RAIL CONNECTION WITH PORT SUTTON ON TAMPA BAY

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 Ore
Dolomite Gangue
Montmorillonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 244
USGS model code 34d
Deposit model name Phosphate, warm current type

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -81.8645, 27.8449
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 5.2M
    Area 7390HA
    Depth to top 8.8M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #2 MASSIVE
    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
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 8.8
    Total Surface Area (HA) 7390
    Date of Last Modification 850528

Comments on the ore body information

  • ORE GRADES >32 % P2O5 (>70 % BPL)

Comments on the geologic information

  • REWORKING, WEATHERING; PLEIS-HOLO; SEE: LAND PEBBLE PHOSPHATE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1920
Mining method Strip-Level
Year of first production 1948
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Flotation
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Mining district

District name Central Florida Phosphate District
District name Land Pebble Phosphate District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner IMC Fertilizer Group Inc.
    ID 800178
    Interest 50
    Home office 2100 Sanders Rd, Northbrook, Illinois
    Year 1994
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Freeport McMoran Corp. (Parent Of Agrico Co.)
    Interest 50
    Home office Louisiana
    Year 1994

Comments on the ownership information

  • IMC FERTILIZER AND FREEPORT MCMORAN RESOURCES (AGRICO) COMBINED TO FORM IMC-AGRICO COMPANY IN JANUARY 1994.

Production statistics

  • Year 1970
    Description Total Ore (Matrix) Mined 9460100 Metric Tons For The Year
  • Year 1971
    Description Total Ore (Matrix) Mined 9698000 Metric Tons For The Year
  • Year 1972
    Description Total Ore (Matrix) Mined [Not Available] Metric Tons For The Year
  • Year 1973
    Description Total Ore (Matrix) Mined 8372400 Metric Tons For The Year
  • Year 1974
    Description Total Ore (Matrix) Mined 10508700 Metric Tons For The Year
  • Year 1975
    Description Total Ore (Matrix) Mined 13832600 Metric Tons For The Year
  • Year 1976
    Description Total Ore (Matrix) Mined 14313900 Metric Tons For The Year
  • Year 1977
    Description Total Ore (Matrix) Mined 16203500 Metric Tons For The Year
  • Year 1978
    Description Total Ore (Matrix) Mined 16670400 Metric Tons For The Year
  • Year 1979
    Description Total Ore (Matrix) Mined 16285400 Metric Tons For The Year
  • Year 1980
    Description Total Ore (Matrix) Mined 18120600 Metric Tons For The Year
  • Year 1981
    Description Total Ore (Matrix) Mined 15146100 Metric Tons For The Year
  • Year 1982
    Description Total Ore (Matrix) Mined 10714100 Metric Tons For The Year
  • Year 1983
    Description Total Ore (Matrix) Mined 14100000 Metric Tons For The Year
  • Year 1984
    Description Total Ore (Matrix) Mined 17015800 Metric Tons For The Year
  • Year 1985
    Description Total Ore (Matrix) Mined 14192500 Metric Tons For The Year
  • Year 1986
    Description Total Ore (Matrix) Mined 10687800 Metric Tons For The Year

Comments on the production information

  • DIFFERENCE IN OUTPUT FIGURE FROM CALCULATED NUMBER IS DUE TO NUMERICAL ROUNDING.
  • PERCENT RECOVERY FOR P2O5 IN RECORD A IS ACTUALLY 70.5.
  • CAPACITY OF NORALYN AND PHOSPHORITA MINES: 4.9 MIL TPY CONCENTRATE (1983) UNKNOWNPA1,PA2) PRODUCTION FIGURES OF NORALYN AND PHOSPHORIA MINES

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PUBLISHED RESERVES FOR THE NORALYN/PHOSPHORIA MINE ARE NOT AVAILABLE.
  • THE MINE IS EXPECTED TO BE MINED OUT IN 1983

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 7390HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method STRIP-LEVEL
    Swell Factor .91
    Percent Waste Rock 60.8
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 8.8
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 40823
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 1.37
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 365
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1985

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL LAND HOLDING IS 7408 HECTARES.

Comments on development

  • SURFACE BENEFICIATED ROCK ORE IS TRANSPORTED BY PIPELINE (3.2 KM) TO THE MILL
  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). DEVELOPMENT(UNKNOWN); EXPLORATION(UNKNOWN)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. COMPILATION OF PROPRIETARY, INDIVIDUAL COMPANY, PRODUCTION STATISTICS (FOR THE YEARS 1984 THROUGH 1986).

  • Deposit

    INTERNATIONAL MINERALS & CHEMICAL CORP. 1976 ANNUAL REPORT.

  • Deposit

    INTERNATIONAL MINERALS & CHEMICAL CORP. 1976 ANNUAL REPORT, FORM 10-K.

  • Deposit

    TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC. CENTRAL FLORIDA PHOSPHATE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, CURRENT LAND USE I. E.P.A. CONTRACT NO. 68-01-4196, JUNE 1977.

  • Deposit

    ZELLARS, M.E., AND J.M. WILLIAMS. EVALUATION OF THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF FLORIDA USING THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM, FINAL REPORT. BUMINES CONTRACT NO. JO377000, JUNE 1978, 196 PP.

  • Deposit

    ATLAS AND PLAT BOOK, POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA. ROCKFORD MAP PUBLISHERS, INC., ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, 1977.

  • Deposit

    EMIGH, G.D. PHOSPHATE--FERTILIZER BOOM STRAINS WORLD SUPPLIES. E/MJ, MARCH 1975, PP. 145-148.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. FLORIDA'S NEWEST PHOSPHATE PLANT READY. MARCH 1948, P. 72.

  • Deposit

    FULLER, R.B. THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF PHOSPHATE ROCK MINING. MINING ENGINEERING, AUGUST 1951, PP. 708-712.

  • Deposit

    GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP, POLK AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES, FLORIDA. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, 1971, 1972.

  • Deposit

    HOPPE, R.W. PHOSPHATES ARE VITAL TO AGRICULTURE--AND FLORIDA MINES FOR ONE-THIRD THE WORLD. E/MJ, MAY 1976, PP. 79-89.

  • Deposit

    _____. FROM MATRIX TO FERTILIZERS: FLORIDA'S PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY GIRDS TO PRODUCE OVER 50 MILLION TPY. E/MJ, SEPTEMBER 1976, PP. 81-93.

  • Deposit

    INTERNATIONAL MINERALS & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, FLORIDA FERTILIZER GROUP, BARTOW, FLORIDA. INTRODUCTION TO FLORIDA MINERALS OPERATIONS (COMPANY INFO. PAMPHLET). JANUARY 1, 1985, 32 PP.

  • Deposit

    _____. PERSONAL COMMUNICATION WITH COMPANY REPRESENTATIVES DURING TRIP TO FLORIDA IN JANUARY 1985.

  • Deposit

    _____. PERSONAL COMMUNICATION WITH COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE (G.F. MCKEREGHAN, ENGINEERING MANAGER) DURING TELEPHONE CONVERSATION ON JUNE 5, 1985.

  • Deposit

    MINING ENGINEERING. UNITED STATES, IN INDUSTRY NEWSWATCH--US AND INTERNATIONAL MINERAL NEWS BRIEFS (CONTAINS A PARAGRAPH PARTIALLY CONCERNING THE NORALYN OPERATIONS). MAY 1979, P. 456.

  • Deposit

    MITCHELL, R.J. IMC DOUBLES NORALYN PLANT CAPACITY. METAL MINING & PROCESSING, JULY 1964, PP. 20-23.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. COMPILATION OF PROPRIETARY, INDIVIDUAL COMPANY, PRODUCTION STATISTICS (FOR THE YEARS 1970 THROUGH 1983).

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. BRADLEY JUNCTION AND HOMELAND QUADRANGLES (TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS), FLORIDA--POLK CO. 7.5 MINUTE SERIES, 1972 PHOTOREV., SCALE 1:24,000.

  • Deposit

    1984 E&MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING. INTERNATIONAL MINERALS & CHEMICAL CORPORATION (SECTION 2A--UNITED STATES MINE/PLANT UNITS, FLORIDA). P. 175.

  • Deposit

    British Sulphur Corp. Ltd., 1980: World Survey Of Phosphate Deposits, 4th Ed., London

  • Deposit

    E&MJ, International Directory Of Mining, 1979, New York

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit The MRDS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-OCT-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Reporter 30-APR-79 Saam, Henning, G. Bundesanstalt Fuer Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffee (Germany)
Editor 04-NOV-02 Nicholson, S.W. U.S. Geological Survey Reformated date column; calculated latitude and longitude in decimal degrees; added Location Precision, Continent, Country, State, Commodity Code, Ore Minerals Code fields; changed Major Commodity field

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 02/23/2007
MSHA mine ID0800178
Mine name (MSHA)Noralyn
Current operatorMosaic Phosphates Company
Current controller (parent)Mosaic Company
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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