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Fridovich

Prospect 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. 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 10168596
MAS/MILS ID 0121050023
Record type Site
Current site name Fridovich
Alternate or previous names Lakeland Airport, Drane Field Tract, West Lakeland Venture

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.02065, 28.0114 (WGS84)
Elevation 41
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

Plant City East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tarpon Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tarpon Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hillsborough(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 Polk

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Tallahassee 028 S 023 E 32 N2NENE 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) -82.02065, 28.0114
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3M
    Length 3560M
    Width 3560M
    Area 1270HA
    Depth to top 6.3M
    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 4
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 6.3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 4
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1270
    Date of Last Modification 800312

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 1936
Mining method Strip-Level
Milling method Flotation

Comments on exploration

  • EXPLORATION DONE BY W.R. GRACE IN MID FIFTIES, 64 HOLES/SEC.

Mining district

District name Central Florida Phosphate District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Agri-Leis Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Florida
    Year 1978

Comments on the production information

  • PRECISE MILL RECOVERY INCLUDING SLURRY LOSSES=82.4% GRADES OTHER THAN P205 NOT DETERMINED BY ZWI

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1270HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method STRIP-LEVEL
    Swell Factor .91
    Percent Waste Rock 67.7
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 6.3
    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 6970
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost 2
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 365
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1980

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL LAND HOLDING IS 1850 HECTARES FLORIDA POWER 110 KV LINES CROSS PROPERTY IN SECTION 34 LAND USE: URBAN-27%(INCREASING); CROP PASTURE-27%; RANGELAND 36%; PINE FOREST-10% DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS: DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSING ON PROPERTY; WETLANDS ON PROPERTY; PROXIMITY TO LAKELAND AIRPORT

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

    GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP, POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRAN

  • Deposit

    TATION, 1971.

  • Deposit

    LAND ATLAS & PLAT BOOK, POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA, 1977, PUBLISHE

  • Deposit

    ROCKFORD MAP PUBLISHERS INC

  • Deposit

    RAND MCNALLY & COMPANY, FLORIDA STATE AND COUNTY OUTLINE MAP

  • Deposit

    THE AREA IDENTIFIED.

  • Deposit

    NICHOLS, MULBERRY, LAKELAND, PLANT CITY QUADRANGLES, FLORIDA

  • Deposit

    MINUTE SERIES, U.S.G.S. 1955, 1949, 1944, 1944.

  • 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 ALL LOCATIONS APPROX. CENTER OF PROPERTY GRADES OF COMMODITIES OTHER THAN P2O5 ARE UNAVAILABLE. DIMENSIONS ARE IDEALIZED FOR MINABLE AREA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-MAR-95 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 16-DEC-10 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey Added Model

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

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