| Deposit ID | 10265072 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0120490011 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Waters Tract |
| Alternate or previous names | Fort Green Mine, South Fort Green Mine Tract |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -82.03296, 27.62421 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 43 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Hardee(county)
Florida(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Duette(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Saint Petersburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Saint Petersburg(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Florida | Hardee |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tallahassee | 033 S | 023 E | 08 | C SESW | Florida |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum Critical | Tertiary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Magnesite | Tertiary |
| Phosphorus-Phosphates | Primary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Water, Free | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Collophane | Unknown |
| Dolomite | Unknown |
| Montmorillonite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -82.03296, 27.62421 |
|---|
| Thickness | 7.6M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 4564M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 4564M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 2084HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 6.7M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Producer |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1964 |
| Mining method | Strip-Level |
| Milling method | Flotation |
| District name | South Florida |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Cargill Fertilizer, Inc. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Florida |
| Year | 1997 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Agrico Chemical Co. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Florida |
| Year | 1987 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0120490011 |
BONNIE DODSON, SENIOR MINES PLANNER, AGRICO CHEMICAL CO.;
8/26/87 TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH LEE OSMONSON.
SKILLINGS' MINING REVIEW. USX SELLS PHOSPHATE ROCK RESERVES
TO AGRICO CHEMICAL. OCT. 18, 1986, P. 9.
CENTRAL FLORIDA PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY AREAWIDE IMPACT ASSESSMEN
PROGRAM, EXISTING LAND USE, VOL IV, PREPARED FOR U.S.E
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC, JUNE 1977.
GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP, HARDEE COUNTY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION, 1975.
ATLAS AND PLAT BOOK MAP, HARDEE COUNTY, FLORIDA ROCKFORD MAP
PUBLISHERS, INC. , 1975.
RAND MCNALLY & COMPANY, FLORIDA STATE AND COUNTY OUTLINE MAP
THE AREA IDENTIFIED.
DUETTE AND DUETTE N.E. QUADRANGLES, 7 1/2 MINUTE SERIES, U.S
ZELLARS-WILLIAMS INC.,EVALUATION OF THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS
OF FLORIDA USING THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM, BUMINES
OPEN FILE REPORT 112-78, NTIS: PB 286 648/AS, 1978, 199 PP.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CONTRACT #J0377000.ZELLARS-WILLIAMS INC. FLA. PHOSPHATE PROJ EFFECTIVE DATE JUNE 30, 1977. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 22-OCT-97 | Buckingham, David A. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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