Manatee South

Prospect in Manatee county in Florida, United States with commodities Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium
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. 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 10264591
MAS/MILS ID 0120810010
Record type Site
Current site name Manatee South

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.19156, 27.40862 (WGS84)
Elevation 23
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Manatee(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Myakka City NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sarasota(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Saint Petersburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Myakka(hydrologic unit)

Peace(hydrologic accounting unit)

Peace-Tampa Bay(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Florida Manatee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Tallahassee 035 S 021 E 27 C C C 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) -82.19156, 27.40862

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 13.2M
    Length 9014M
    Width 9014M
    Area 8125HA
    Depth to top 12.8M
    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 4.3
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 12.8
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 4.3
    Total Surface Area (HA) 8125
    Date of Last Modification 800530

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 Yes
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 Grace Co., W. R.
    Interest 100
    Home office Florida
    Year 1978
    Last year 1988
  • Type Owner
    Owner Seminole Fertilizer Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Florida
    Year 1992
    First year 1988
    Last year 1992
  • Type Owner
    Owner Private Land Holders
    Interest 100
    Home office Florida
    Year 1993
    First year 1992
    Last year 1993

Comments on the ownership information

  • DENSITY IS FOR DRY IN-SITU ORE; ASSUME 20% MOISTURE W. R. GRACE SOLD THE MANATEE SOUTH PROPERTY ALONG WITH ITS OTHER PROPERTIES TO SEMINOLE FERTILIZER CORP. IN 1988. SOMETIME BEWTEEN 1992 - 1993, PROPERTY WAS SOLD TO PRIVATE LAND HOLDERS

Comments on the production information

  • MILL RECOVERY INCLUDES SLURRY LOSSES.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PEBBLE IS 6% OF PRODUCT. GRADES OTHER THAN P2O5 NOT DETERMINED BY ZWI. MINING RECOVERY = 85%. THIS PROPERTY DATA FILE WAS REEVALUATED ON 8-5-85. ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO CONTACT EACH PROPERTY OWNER BY PHONE AND LETTER FOR CURRENT INFO. - W. R. GRACE CO. RESPONDED. THERE ARE NO COMPANY PLANS TO DEVELOP THIS PROPERTY AT THIS TIME. THE ACTUAL RESERVE ESTIMATE IS 1,381,376,000 MT MATRIX. ALL THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PRESENTED IN THIS DATA BASE MAY NOT BE CORRECT BUT REPRESENTS THE LATEST INFORMATION AVAILABLE OR DEVELOPED INFORMATION WHICH REMAINS IN THE DATA BASE ONLY FOR HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE. THE TONNAGE ESTIMATE REPRESENTS THE MINE RECOVERABLE TONNAGE. THIS ESTIMATE WAS SUPPLIED BY THE COMPANY TO REFLECT RECOVERABLE MATRIX NOT TOTAL MATRIX IN THE GROUND. INSITU GRADE WAS BACK-CALCULATED FROM COMPANY SUPPLIED DATA.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 8125HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method STRIP-LEVEL
    Swell Factor .8
    Percent Waste Rock 49.2
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 12.8
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Percentage 10
    Secondary Material Cover QUICKSAND
    Percentage 90
    Hardness of Ore QUICKSAND
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 0
    Capacity 86100
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost .72
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 365
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1980

Comments on the workings information

  • LAND- WETLAND; MAY BE RESTRICTED BY GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS. VEGETATION- POSSIBLE LONG PERIOD REQUIRED FOR RETURN OF CLIMAX FLORA. WILDLIFE- ENDANGERED SPECIES (WEST INDIAN MANATEE- TRICHEUS MANATUS) IN MANATEE RIVER. WATER- LOWERING OF REGIONAL GROUND WATER BY SUSTAINED PUMPING OF WATER FROM AQUIFER. TOTAL LAND HOLDING IS 11,357 HECTARES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

    GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP, MANATEE COUNTY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF

  • Deposit

    TRANSPORTATION 1974.

  • Deposit

    LAND ATLAS & PLAT BOOK, MANATEE COUNTY, FLORIDA, 1977, PUBLI

  • Deposit

    ROCKFORD MAP PUBLISHERS INC

  • Deposit

    VERNA, MYAKKA CITY, MYAKKA CITY NW QUA. 7 1/2 MINUTE SERIES

  • Deposit

    1944-1956.

  • 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 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 06-MAR-95 Hrabik, J. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 16-DEC-10 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey Added Model

Beyond USGS

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