Waters Tract

Producer in Hardee county in Florida, United States with commodities Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Water, Free
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.03296, 27.62421 (WGS84)
Elevation 43
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

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Florida Hardee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Tallahassee 033 S 023 E 08 C SESW Florida

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Magnesite Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Uranium Tertiary
Water, Free Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Collophane Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Montmorillonite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -82.03296, 27.62421

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 7.6M
    Length 4564M
    Width 4564M
    Area 2084HA
    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 3.3
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 6.7
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3.3
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2084
    Date of Last Modification 800325

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1964
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-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

Comments on the ownership information

  • AGRICO CHEMICAL CO., A SUBSIDIARY OF FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC. (AS OF 3/1/87), PURCHASED THE PROPERTY IN SEPTEMBER 1985. IMC-AGRICO COMPANY (MERGER BETWEEN IMC AND FREEPORT MC MORAN CORPORATIONS). THIS TRACT OF LAND IS PART OF THE FORT GREEN MINE (SEQ NO 01201050002) AND IS BEING MINED AS OF 1994.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    BONNIE DODSON, SENIOR MINES PLANNER, AGRICO CHEMICAL CO.;

  • Ownership

    8/26/87 TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH LEE OSMONSON.

  • Ownership

    SKILLINGS' MINING REVIEW. USX SELLS PHOSPHATE ROCK RESERVES

  • Ownership

    TO AGRICO CHEMICAL. OCT. 18, 1986, P. 9.

  • Deposit

    CENTRAL FLORIDA PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY AREAWIDE IMPACT ASSESSMEN

  • Deposit

    PROGRAM, EXISTING LAND USE, VOL IV, PREPARED FOR U.S.E

  • Deposit

    TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC, JUNE 1977.

  • Deposit

    GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP, HARDEE COUNTY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF

  • Deposit

    TRANSPORTATION, 1975.

  • Deposit

    ATLAS AND PLAT BOOK MAP, HARDEE COUNTY, FLORIDA ROCKFORD MAP

  • Deposit

    PUBLISHERS, INC. , 1975.

  • Deposit

    RAND MCNALLY & COMPANY, FLORIDA STATE AND COUNTY OUTLINE MAP

  • Deposit

    THE AREA IDENTIFIED.

  • Deposit

    DUETTE AND DUETTE N.E. QUADRANGLES, 7 1/2 MINUTE SERIES, U.S

  • Deposit

    ZELLARS-WILLIAMS INC.,EVALUATION OF THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS

  • Deposit

    OF FLORIDA USING THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM, BUMINES

  • Deposit

    OPEN FILE REPORT 112-78, NTIS: PB 286 648/AS, 1978, 199 PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTRACT #J0377000.ZELLARS-WILLIAMS INC. FLA. PHOSPHATE PROJ EFFECTIVE DATE JUNE 30, 1977.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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