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Duette Mine

Prospect in Manatee county in Florida, United States with commodities Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Water, Free
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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. 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 10289094
MRDS ID ISM0377
MAS/MILS ID 0120810003
Record type Site
Current site name Duette Mine
Alternate or previous names Manatee Mine
Related records 10024651

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.12296, 27.55342 (WGS84)
Elevation 39
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

Duette(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Petersburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Saint Petersburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Manatee(hydrologic unit)

Tampa Bay(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 034 S 022 E 05 C C C 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) -82.12296, 27.55342
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 9.6M
    Length 5960M
    Width 5960M
    Area 3560HA
    Depth to top 14M
    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
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 14
    Total Surface Area (HA) 3560
    Date of Last Modification 800215

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
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 Manatee County
    Interest 100
    Home office Florida
    Year 1987

Comments on the ownership information

  • PROPERTY WILL NEVER BE ALLOWED TO DEVELOP. COUNTY BOUGHT OUT THE RIGHTS TO THE DEPOSIT IN 1985 TO CONSERVE THE WATERSHED AREA IT WAS LOCATED IN. WAS OWNED BY ESTECH PRIOR TO THAT.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • QUANTITY ASSAYS ARE IN EXTRACTABLE GRADES PEBBLE IS 15% OF PRODUCT Q MATRIX 1 IS AN ECONOMIC RESERVE EXTRACTABLE GRADE LOST IN GANGUE IS 2.28% P2O5 MINE RECOVERY = 85% FOR ALL MATRICES EXTRACTABLE GRADE LOST IN GANGUE IS 1.85% P2O5 Q MATRIX 3 IS A SUB MARGINAL RESOURCE EXTRACTABLE GRADE LOST IN GANGUE IS 1.89% P2O5 M9C5=M2C1, M9C6=M3C1; QA=EXT THIS PROPERTY DATA FILE WAS REEVALUATED ON 8-22-85. 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. COLUMN 1 IS MINING RESERVE. COLUMN 2 IS ZWI ESTIMATED "PARA ECONOMIC" RESOURCE. COLUMN 3 IS ZWI ESTIMATED "SUB-ECONOMIC" RESOURCE. M7=N/CUM MATRIX 7 REPRESENTS NON-CUMULATIVE VALUES. TONNAGES IN M7 ARE MINE-RECOVERABLE.

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL LAND HOLDINGS ARE 4210 HECTARES MAXIMUM SURFACE AREA POTENTIALLY DISTURBED IS MINABLE, NOT TOTAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    HAMILTON RICE, COUNTY ATTORNEY FOR MANATEE COUNTY; 8/20/87

  • Ownership

    TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH LEE OSMONSON.

  • Deposit

    CENTRAL FLA. PHOSPHATE IND. AREA WIDE IMPACT ASSESSMENT

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC, JUNE 1977.

  • Deposit

    ANNUAL REPORT, SWIFT AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL CORP. 1977

  • Deposit

    ZELLARS-WILLIAMS, INC., EVALUATION OF THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS

  • Deposit

    OF FLORIDA USING THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM,

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES OPEN FILE REPORT 112-78,

  • Deposit

    NTIS: PB 286-648/AS, 1978, 199PP

  • Deposit

    RAND MCNALLY & COMPANY, FLORIDA STATE AND COUNTY OUTLINE MAP

  • Deposit

    ATLAS AND PLAT BOOK MANATEE COUNTY, FLORIDA. ROCKFORD MAP PU

  • Deposit

    HERS, INC., ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, 1977.

  • Deposit

    GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP, MANATEE COUNTY

  • Deposit

    KEENTOWN, DUETTE QUADRANGLES, FLORIDA, 71/2 MINUTE SERIES U.

  • Deposit

    1956.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTRACT #J0377000.ZELLARS-WILLIAMS INC. FLA. PHOSPHATE PROJ EFFECTIVE DATE JUNE 30, 1977. ALL LOCATIONS ARE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF PROPERTY DEPOSIT IS IN KEENTOWN & DUETTE QUADS. AVERAGE DIMENSIONS OF MINERALIZATION ARE IDEALIZED FOR THE MINABLE AREA (NOT ACTUAL DIMENSIONS).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-APR-1995 Chislaghi U.S. Bureau of Mines

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