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Wingate Creek Mine

Past Producer in Manatee county in Florida, United States with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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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. Production statistics
  17. Reserves and resources
  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 10192103
MRDS ID W700620
MAS/MILS ID 0120810001
Record type Site
Current site name Wingate Creek Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.122, 27.497 (WGS84)
Elevation 35
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Manatee(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Myakka Head(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sarasota(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Saint Petersburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Myakka(hydrologic unit)

Peace(hydrologic accounting unit)

Peace-Tampa Bay(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Florida Manatee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Tallahassee 034 S 022 E 30 E2SWNW Florida

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -82.122, 27.497
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6.4M
    Length 12900M
    Width 4000M
    Area 5000HA
    Depth to top 17M
    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 UNKNOWN
    Shape of Orebody #3 TABULAR
    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. 5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 5000
    Date of Last Modification 850711

Comments on the geologic information

  • ASSAYS OF OTHER COMPOUNDS OR ELEMENTS PRESENT IN THE ORE ARE NOT KNOWN. WINGATE CREEK MINE PERSONNEL DID NOT MAKE THESE ASSAYS AVAILABLE.
  • THE MINIMUM DEPTH OF MINERALIZATION AND THE MINMUM THICKNESS OF UNCONSOLIDATED MATERIAL ARE ZERO.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1964
Mining method Strip-Level
Year of first production 1981
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Milling method Flotation

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-Operator
    Owner Gulf Atlantic Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Florida
    Year 1992
    First year 1992
    Last year 1993
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mulberry Phosphate, Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Florida
    Year 1994
    First year 1993
    Last year 1994

Comments on the ownership information

  • NU-GULF INDUSTRIES SOLD PROPERTY FOR $17,000,000 TO GULF ATLANTIC CORPORATION IN 1992. IN 1993, GULF ATLANTIC SOLD THE PROPERTY TO MULBERRY PHOSPHATE, INC. OF MULBERRY, FL. FOR AN UNDISCLOSED SUM. SOON, PROBABLY IN 1985, THE UNION OIL PROPERTY SHARE WILL BE PURCHASED BY BEKER PHOSPHATE CORPORATION.

Production statistics

  • Year 1981
    Description Ore (Matrix) 267000 Metric Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 267000mt
  • Year 1982
    Description Ore (Matrix) 5028000 Metric Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 5028000mt
  • Year 1983
    Description Ore (Matrix) 5511000 Metric Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 5511000mt
  • Year 1984
    Description Ore (Matrix) 5836000 Metric Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 5836000mt
  • Year 1985
    Description Ore (Matrix) 6965900 Metric Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 6965900mt
  • Year 1986
    Description Ore (Matrix) 6122200 Metric Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 6122200mt

Comments on the production information

  • THE FINAL PRODUCT OF THE MILL IS APPROXIMATELY 20-PERCENT WET. PHOSPHATE ROCK. AT PORT MANATEE, WHERE THE MILL OUTPUT GOES, THE CONCENTRATE IS DRIED DOWN TO 9.4 PERCENT.
  • ACTUALLY, THE ESTIMATED PERCENT RECOVERY FOR P205 IS NOT 84, BUT 84.3.
  • ON JAN. 29, 1987, THE PROPERTY WAS SHUT DOWN, TEMPORARILY, BUT WILL REMAIN INACTIVE THROUGH 1987--POSSIBLY AN INDEFINITE SHUTDOWN.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Measured 56000000mt concentrate
    Indicated 9800000mt concentrate
    Demonstrated 65800000mt concentrate
    Inferred 5300000mt concentrate
    Total resources 71100000mt concentrate
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 30.4 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1981
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Measured 29000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 29000000mt ore
    Total resources 29000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 7.3 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1994

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY BEKER PHOSPHATE CORPORATION, DURING A MINE VISIT, JAN.22, 1985 AND SUBSEQUENT TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS: MAY 14, 15, AND 17, 1985. THE MINING RECOVERY IS 85 PERCENT.
  • ADIT UPDATE 1994: PROPERTY TEMPORARILY SHUTDOWN. SLATED TO RE-OPEN DURING THE SUMMER OF 1995 AT A PRODUCTION RATE OF 1.4 TO 1.6 MILLION MTS OF PRODUCT PER YEAR.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 5000HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method DREDGING
    Swell Factor .8
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 5
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Percentage 80
    Secondary Material Cover HARDPAN
    Percentage 20
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 26
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 75
    Capacity 23756
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost 1.73
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 365
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1985

Comments on other economic factors

  • ORIGINALLY, PRODUCTION WAS PLANNED AT ABOUT 3 MILLION SHORT TONS OF PHOSPHATE ROCK PRODUCT PER YEAR. AS OF 1984, THE TOTAL PRODUCTION WAS 1.3 MILLION SHORT TONS OF PRODUCT. AS OF 1985, THE PROPERTY OWNING COMPANY DOES NOT PLAN TO EQUIP THE MINE AND THE MILL ABOVE A CAPACITY OF 2 MILLION SHORT TONS PER YEAR.

Comments on development

  • ORE PRODUCTION CAPACITY BETWEEN 1,000,000 AND 3,000,000 TONNES/YEAR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOUGLAS LANEY, PLANT CONTROLLER, BEKER PHOSPHATE CORP.; 8/25/87 TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH LEE OSMONSON.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 45

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. COMPILATION OF PROPRIETARY, INDIVIDUAL COMPANY, PRODUCTION STATISTICS (FOR THE YEARS 1985 AND 1986).

  • Reserve-Resource

    E/MJ OPERATING HANDBOOK OF SURFACE MINING. VOL. 2- E/MJ

  • Reserve-Resource

    BEKER INDUSTRIES CORP. DEC. 31, 1981 10-K-FORM REPORT, P. G.

  • Deposit

    BEALL, J. V. AND P. C. MERRIT. PHOSPHATE AND POTASH MINERALS TO FEED THE WORLD. MIN. ENG., OCT. 1966, PP. 83-91.

  • Deposit

    BRADENTON HERALD (BRADENTON, FLORIDA). ORE PLANT MEANS 250 JOBS: BEKER, JULY 16, 1975.

  • Deposit

    BRANDENTON HERALD. BEKER DECISION DELAYED. NOV. 10, 1982.

  • Deposit

    BRADENTON HERALD. BEKER HEARING TO BE RECONVENED. SEPT. 24, 1982.

  • Deposit

    BRADENTON HERALD. BEKER, COUNTY SETTLE LAWSUIT. NOV. 13, 1982.

  • Deposit

    ENG. AND MIN. J. PHOSPHATE ROCK. MARCH 1981, P. 95.

  • Deposit

    ENG. AND MIN. J. OPERATING HANDBOOK OF SURFACE MINING. 1978, P. 389.

  • Deposit

    ENG. AND MIN. J. MINE PLANT EXPANSION. JAN. 1981, P. 94.

  • Deposit

    ENG. AND MIN. J. PHOSPHATE ROCK. MARCH 1982, P. 124.

  • Deposit

    ENG. AND MIN. J. BEKER USES FLOATING DREDGES TO MINE FLORIDA'S DEEP-LYING PHOSPHATTE. APRIL 1982, PP. 35-39.

  • Deposit

    LAWVER, J. E., J. P. BERNARDI, G. F. MCKEREEHAN, ET. AL. NEW TECHNIQUES IN BENEFICIATION OF THE FLORIDA PHOSPHATE OF THE FUTURE. MINERALS AND METALLURGICAL PROCESSING, V. 1, NO. 2, 1984, PP. 89-106.

  • Deposit

    MCHARDY, J. C. FUTURE TRENDS IN FLORIDA PHOSPHATE MINING, BENEFICIATION, AND TAILING DISPOSAL. MIN. ENG., AUG. 1983, PP. 1196-1200.

  • Deposit

    MIN. ENG. PHOSPHATE ROCK. MAY 1983, P. 503

  • Deposit

    RAULSON, J. D. AND J. M. WILLIAMS. EVALUATION OF FLORIDA PHOSPHATE-MATRIX TRANSPORTATION FROM MINE TO PLANT MIN. ENG., OCT. 1983, PP. 1413-1418.

  • Deposit

    ST. PETERSBURG TIMES (FLORIDA). REPORT TO MANATEE COMMISSION WILL DETAIL MINING PROBLEMS. OCT. 7, 1982.

  • Deposit

    ST. PETERSBURG TIMES. MANATEE BOARD POSTPONES DECISION ON PERMIT FOR BEKER PHOSPHATE. OCT. 13, 1982.

  • Deposit

    ST. PETERSBURG TIMES. BEKER TO REOPEN MINE IN MANATEE. FEB. 23, 1983.

  • Deposit

    STOWASSER, W. F. PHOSPHATE ROCK. BUMINES MINERAL COMMODITY PROFILE, 1983, P. 7.

  • Deposit

    U. S. BUMINES. THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF FLORIDA. MINERALS YEARBOOK V. 2, 1980, P. 133.

  • Deposit

    U. S. BUMINES. PHOSPHATE ROCK DOMESTIC PRODUCTION. MINERALS YEARBOOK V.1, 1980, P. 621.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUMINES. THE MINERALS INDUSTRY OF FLORIDA. PREPRINT FROM THE 1983 BUMINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, PP. 7-8.

  • Deposit

    ZELLARS-WILLIAMS, INC. EVALUATION OF THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF FLORIDA USING THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM, BUMINES CONTRACT NO. J0377000 FINAL REPORT, JUNE 1978, PP. 43-57.

  • Deposit

    BUMINES CONTRACT NO. J0377000 FINAL REPORT, JUNE 1978, PP. 43-57.

Comments on the references

  • INFORMATION SOURCES NOT LISTED IN BIBLOGRAPHY (BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT PUBLISHED) ARE: U. S. BUMINES. MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM SUMMARY FILE REPORT, BEKER MINE, SEPT. 1979, 30 PP. U. S. BUMINES. PHOSPHATE ROCK COMMODITY SPECIALIST TRIP REPORTS (VISIT TO BEKER INDUSTRIES, FEB. 22, 1982). MARCH, 1982, P. 3. U. S. BUMINES. FIELD TRIP NOTES TAKEN DURING IFOC-MAS PERSONNEL VISIT TO THE WINGATE CREEK MINE PROPERTY, JAN. SS, 1985.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE SIZE OF THE MINE OPERATION, THE MINE LIFE, AND THE MINING METHOD HAVE CONSIDERABLY CHANGED SINCE THE TIME THE PROPERTY WAS FIRST EVALUATED (1979). WINGATE CREEK MINE IS THE ONLY OPERATION (IN CENTRAL FLORIDA) WHERE DREDGES ARE USED INSTEAD OF DRAGLINES. OPERATING COSTS AT ZERO AND 67-PERCENT CAPACITIES: MINE, $1.81/MT ORE AT 67-PERCENT AND $861,000 PER YEAR AT ZERO CAPACITY. BENEFICIATION, $1.74/MT ORE AT 67-PERCENT AND $1,028,000 PER YEAR AT ZERO CAPACITY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-OCT-96 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Reporter 01-AUG-89 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 14-DEC-10 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey Combined data from MRDS record W700620 (Dep_ID 10085091) and deleted that record

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Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 05/30/2007
MSHA mine ID0800981
Mine name (MSHA)Wingate Creek Mine
Current operatorMosaic Fertilizer, LLC
Current controller (parent)Mosaic Company
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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