Sun City Shell - Sun City Pit

Producer in Hillsborough county in Florida, United States with commodity Limestone, General

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Nearby scientific data
Geologic structures
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10306253
MRDS ID	AG00124
Record type	Site
Current site name	Sun City Shell - Sun City Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-82.49737, 27.68281 (WGS84)
Location accuracy	10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hillsborough(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ruskin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Petersburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Saint Petersburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Florida	Hillsborough

Comments on the location information

4.5 Miles Southwest of Ruskin. Northeastof Us 41

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Limestone, General	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Limestone	Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-82.49737, 27.68281	ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure	Regional
Structure description	Limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Producer
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Significant	No

Comments on the workings information

1940 Acres Considered Minable In 1954, of Which 1583weremined By That Year. In 1974 Price Improvements and New Techniques Had Made Lower Grade Ore Profitable.

Reference information

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JUL-1997	Hendrickson, J. C. (Spencer, S. M.)	Florida Geological Survey
Editor	04-NOV-2002	Nicholson, S.W.	U.S. Geological Survey	reformated date column; calculated latitude and longitude in decimal degrees; added Location Precision, Continent, Country, State, Commodity Code, Ore Minerals Code fields; changed Major Commodity field content and Ore Minerals field content to conform to

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