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Deep Creek

Prospect in Columbia 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10264545
MAS/MILS ID 0120230001
Record type Site
Current site name Deep Creek
Alternate or previous names Monsanto Tract

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.64097, 30.33413 (WGS84)
Elevation 40
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Columbia(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

White Springs East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Valdosta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Suwannee(hydrologic unit)

Suwannee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Suwannee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Florida Columbia

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Tallahassee 002 S 017 E 05 C NWNW Florida

Comments on the location information

  • PROPERTY ON THESE 7 1/2 MIN. QUADS - WHITE SPRINGS EAST, W SPRINGS WEST, DEEP CREEK, BENTON, FAIRVIEW, FARGO.

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) -82.64097, 30.33413
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.7M
    Length 6040M
    Width 6040M
    Area 3630HA
    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 1.5
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 6.7
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1.5
    Total Surface Area (HA) 3630
    Date of Last Modification 800212

Comments on the geologic information

  • PRECISE DENSITY FOR DRY INSITU ORE IS 1.36.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1960
Mining method Strip-Level
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name North Florida Phos

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Occidental Chemical Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Texas
    Year 1979

Comments on the production information

  • PRECISE MILL RECOVERY INCLUDING SLURRY LOSSES IS 77.6%.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Q MATRIX 1 IS AN ECONOMIC RESERVE QAM1=EXT QUANTITY ASSAYS OF MATRIX 1 ARE IN EXTRACTABLE GRADES. ADDITIONAL EXTRACT.GRADE ESTIMATED LOST IN GANGUE 3.09% P205 PEBBLE PHOSPHATE COMPRISES 5% OF THE MATRIX BY WEIGHT. MINE RECOVERY = 85% M9C4=M1C1 THIS PROPERTY DATA FILE WAS REEVALUATED ON AUG 1, 1985. ANY RESERVE/RESOURCE DATA APPEARING IN Q-MATRIX 7 REPRESENTS THE MOST RECENT ESTIMATES AND WOULD REPLACE TONNAGES/GRADES FOUND IN OTHER Q DATA SETS. ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO CONTACT EACH PROPERTY OWNER BY PHONE AND LETTER FOR CURRENT INFORMATION. OCCIDENTAL REPLIED AND STATED THAT NO CHANGES HAVE OCCURED SINCE 1975. DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE YEARS WERE DELETED BECAUSE THERE ARE NO COMPANY PLANS TO DEVELOP THIS PROPERTY AT THIS TIME. 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 3630HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method STRIP-LEVEL
    Swell Factor .91
    Percent Waste Rock 64.7
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 6.7
    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 42200
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost 1.06
    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 17800 HECTARES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UPPER SUWANNEE RIVER, EVALUATION OF A PROPOSED DRI AS AN ARE

  • Deposit

    CRITICAL STATE CONCERN, FLA. DIV. STATE PLANNING. 1974

  • Deposit

    U.S.G.S. LAND USE & LAND COVER MAP. 1974.

  • Deposit

    GUIDEBOOK, A.I.M.E. FIELD TRIP TO OCCIDENTAL MINES. 1977

  • Deposit

    OCCIDENTAL(DIV. HOOKER CHEM) 10-K REPORT. 1977.

  • Deposit

    OWENS-ILLINOIS. NORTH FLA. LAND PROSPECTUS. 1962.

  • Deposit

    WHITE SPRINGS EAST, WHITE SPRINGS WEST, DEEP CREEK, BENTON,

  • Deposit

    FAIRVIEW, FARGO QUABRANGLES FLORIDA, 7 1/2 MINUTE SERIES

  • Deposit

    U.S.G.S. 1961, 1961, 1961, 1969, 1969, 1955.

  • Deposit

    ZELLARS-WILLIAMS, INC. EVALUATION OF THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS

  • Deposit

    OF FLORIDA USING THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM, FINAL

  • Deposit

    REPORT, JUNE, 1978.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-APR-1995 Davis U.S. Bureau of Mines

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