Mobil Area

Prospect in Hardee 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 10215971
MAS/MILS ID 0120490018
Record type Site
Current site name Mobil Area
Alternate or previous names South Fort Meade Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.74155, 27.60361 (WGS84)
Elevation 35
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hardee(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Griffins Corner(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 Hardee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Tallahassee 033 S 026 E 17 N2SWSW 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) Reworked Cypresshead sediments

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 10M
    Length 5021M
    Width 5021M
    Area 1765HA
    Depth to top 7.6M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    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 3
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 7.6
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1765
    Date of Last Modification 820305

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name South Florida

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mobil Chemical Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Virginia
    Year 1985

Comments on the ownership information

  • THIS PROPERTY IS CONSOLIDATED INTO THE SOUTH FORT MEADE PROPERTY (SEQ NO 0121050012). THIS PROPERTY WILL BEGAN TO BE MINED IN 1995.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CENTRAL FLORIDA PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY AREAWIDE IMPACT ASSESSMEN

  • Deposit

    PROGRAM, EXISTING LAND USE, VOL IV, PREPARED FOR U.S.E.P.A B

  • Deposit

    TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC, JUNE 1977.

  • Deposit

    GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP, HARDEE COUNTY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF

  • Deposit

    TRANSPORTATION, 1975.

  • Deposit

    BOWLING GREEN, BEREAM, WAUCHULA,GRIFFINS CORNER QUADRANGLES,

  • Deposit

    U.S.G.S. 1955, 1956, 1955, 1956.

  • 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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-JUL-1994 Forth, M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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