Port Sutton Plant & Mine

Plant in Hillsborough county in Florida, United States with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10240421
MAS/MILS ID 0120579902
Record type Site
Current site name Port Sutton Plant & Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -82.41317, 27.90251 (WGS84)
Elevation 2
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hillsborough(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tampa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Petersburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Saint Petersburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Florida Hillsborough

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -82.41317, 27.90251

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Dry

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Port Sutton Co.
    ID 800551
  • Type Unknown
    Owner International Minerals And Chemicals Corp.
    ID 800551
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA INSP.

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10-81

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION 09-01-81

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-OCT-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 06/20/1997
MSHA mine ID0800551
Mine name (MSHA)PORT SUTTON
Current operatorImc-Agrico
Current controller (parent)Mosaic Company
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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