Hard Rock Debris

Prospect in Marion 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 10168555
MAS/MILS ID 0120830017
Record type Site
Current site name Hard Rock Debris
Alternate or previous names Hardrock

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.34096, 29.00137 (WGS84)
Elevation 20
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marion(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dunnellon SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ocala(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gainesville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Withlacoochee(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 Marion

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Tallahassee 017 S 019 E 17 C SESE 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) -82.34096, 29.00137

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6.1M
    Length 1006M
    Width 1006M
    Area 101HA
    Depth to top 0M
    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. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 101
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Comments on the geologic information

  • DENSITY IS FOR DRY IN-SITU ORE; ASSUME 20% MOISTURE HARD ROCK DEBRIS FROM ALACHUA FORMATION AGE MIOCENE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1975
Mining method Strip-Level
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name North Florida

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Osceola Operating Co.
    Home office Florida
    Year 1978
  • Type Owner
    Owner Thomas Jordan
    Home office Florida
    Year 1978

Comments on the ownership information

  • OWNERS: OSCEOLA OPERATING CO., THOMAS JORDAN.

Comments on the production information

  • PROSPECT DENSITY ESTIMATED AS 10 HOLES PER SECTION.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • QA=EXT QUANTITY ASSAYS ARE IN EXTRACTABLE GRADES. PEBBLE IS 20% OF PRODUCT GRADES OTHER THAN P2O5 NOT DETERMINED BY ZWI

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL LAND HOLDING IS 2023 HECTARES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAND. MCNALLY & COMPANY, FLORIDA STATE AND COUNTY OUTLINE MA

  • Deposit

    AREA IDENTIFIED.

  • Deposit

    BURT, R.B., THE HARDROCK PHOSPHATE RESERVE ACQUIRED BY THE

  • Deposit

    TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY IN MARION AND CITRUS COUNTI

  • Deposit

    FLORIDA 1950-1961, FOR ZELLARS-WILLIAMS, INC. STUDY, M

  • Deposit

    1978.

  • Deposit

    LAND USE AND LAND COVER MAP, 1972 GAINESVILLE, PLANT CITY, U

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, OPEN FILE 76-004-1 AND 76-010-1.

  • Deposit

    GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP, MARION COUNTY, CITRUS COUNTY, FLORIDA,

  • Deposit

    MENT OF TRANSPORTATION, 1967-1969.

  • Deposit

    DUNNELLON, HOLDER, STOKES FERRY, FLORIDA, QUADRANGLES, 7 1/2

  • Deposit

    SERIES, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1954.

  • 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 Forth, M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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