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Mississippi Chemical Corp - Hardee

Prospect in Hardee 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 10264438
MAS/MILS ID 0120490005
Record type Site
Current site name Mississippi Chemical Corp - Hardee
Alternate or previous names Hardee Mine, Miss. Chem. Corp. Hardee, Mcc Hardee

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.94565, 27.49222 (WGS84)
Elevation 26
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

Ona(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Arcadia(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 034 S 023 E 30 C C E2 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) -81.94565, 27.49222
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 12.5M
    Length 9090M
    Width 2770M
    Area 3060HA
    Depth to top 6.7M
    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 4.6
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 6.7
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 4.6
    Total Surface Area (HA) 3060
    Date of Last Modification 800211

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1967
Mining method Strip-Level
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Southern Florida

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease
Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mississippi Chemical Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Mississippi
    Year 1994

Comments on the production information

  • PRECISE MILL RECOVERY INCLUDING SLURRY LOSSES=90.5%

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PEBBLE IS 2.4 % OF ORE. RESERVE IS IN TERMS OF MINEABLE ACRES. MISSISSIPPI CHEM. CORP. SUPPLIED GOOD QUALITY INFORMATION FOR THIS PURPOSE. THERE ARE NO COMPANY PLANS TO DEVELOP THIS PROPERTY AT THIS TIME. MCC STATES THEY HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 30 MILLION (ASSUMED SHORT TONS, PRODUCT; MCC WOULD NOT GIVE ADDED INFORMATION) TONS OF HIGH MGO MATERIAL UNKNOWN. MCC IS SELLING THE PROPERTY AT A RATE OF APPROX. ONE SECTION PER YEAR TO IMC FOR IN-KIND ANNUAL PAYMENTS TO MCC. THE ZWI DATA FOR THIS PROPERTY CONTAINED TOO MANY ASSUMPTIONS AND IS MOSTLY CONSIDERED AS INACCURATE. ALL THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PRESENTED IN THIS DATA BASE MAY NOT BE CORRECT BUT REPRESENTS THE LATEST INFORMATION AVAILABLE, OR ZWI-EFOC INFORMATION WHICH REMAINS IN THE DATA BASE ONLY FOR HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 3060HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method STRIP-LEVEL
    Swell Factor .91
    Percent Waste Rock 35
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 6.71
    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 48900
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost .94
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 365
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1979
  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 3060HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method STRIP-LEVEL
    Swell Factor .91
    Percent Waste Rock 72
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 21.6
    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 48900
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost 1.25
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 365
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1979

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL LAND HOLDING IS 6010 HECTARES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CENTRAL FLORIDA REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL RECOMMENDATIONS

  • Deposit

    FOR DEVELOPMENT ORDER ON MISS. CHEM. PROJECT, DEC 1977.

  • Deposit

    MISS. CHEM. CORP. APPLICATIONS OF REGIONAL IMPACT.

  • Deposit

    HARDEE COUNTY, FL.

  • Deposit

    MISS. CHEM. MASTER MINING PLAN, AS SUBMITTED TO HARDEE

  • Deposit

    COUNTY, FL. 1977

  • 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

    ONA, DUETTE,MYAKKA HEAD, FORT GREEN QUA. 7.5 MIN SER. USGS

  • 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 THE IMC-AGRICO HAS OPTION TO LEASE OR BUY THIS PROPERTY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-APR-95 Drs U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 16-DEC-10 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey Added Model

Beyond USGS

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