Lithia-Boyette

Prospect in Hillsborough 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 10216043
MAS/MILS ID 0120570011
Record type Site
Current site name Lithia-Boyette
Alternate or previous names Lithia-Boyette,

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.12486, 27.84201 (WGS84)
Elevation 26
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hillsborough(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Keysville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Petersburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Saint Petersburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alafia(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 Hillsborough

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Tallahassee 030 S 021 E 34 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) -82.12486, 27.84201

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.3M
    Length 1622M
    Width 1622M
    Area 263HA
    Depth to top 5.7M
    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 2.8
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5.7
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2.8
    Total Surface Area (HA) 263
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Comments on the geologic information

  • DENSITY IS FOR DRY IN-SITU ORE;ASSUME 20% MOISTURE

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 Southern Florida

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner American Cyanamid Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Florida
    Year 1978

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • QA=EXT QUANTITY ASSAYS ARE IN EXTRACTABLE GRADES. PEBBLE IS 50 % OF PRODUCT GRADES OTHER THAN P2O5 NOT DETERMINED BY ZWI

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL LAND HOLDING IS 404 HECTARES.

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, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT

  • Deposit

    TRANSPORTATION, 1972.

  • Deposit

    KEYSVILLE QUADRANGLE, FLORIDA, 7 1/2 MINUTE SERIES, U.S.G.S.

  • Deposit

    ATLAS AND PLAT BOOK MAP, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA, ROCKF

  • Deposit

    PUBLISHERS INC. 1976.

  • 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 04-AUG-94 Mishra, C.P. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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