Mine detail: Suwannee River Mine

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Location:	Hamilton County, Florida, United States, North America
Lat / long:	30.43713, -82.77677
dep_id:	10143512
mrds_id:	ISM0380
mas_id:	120470001
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Phosphorus-Phosphates
Trace mineral:	Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Uranium
Operation type:	Surface
Development status:	Plant
other_matl:	Collophane, Dolomite, Montmorillonite, Quartz
work_type:	Surface
Reporter:	Sawyer, Michael B.
Year first produced:	1965
disc_yr:	1960
References:	Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. COMPILATION OF PROPRIETARY, INDIVIDUAL Deposit:: COMPANY, PRODUCTION STATISTICS (FOR THE YEARS 1984 Deposit:: THROUGH 1986). Deposit:: CONCEPTUAL MINE PLAN, SUWANNEE RIVER MINE, SUBMITTED TO Deposit:: FLORIDA DEPT. NATURAL RESOURCES, 1984, 9 PP. Deposit:: SMITH, R.C., FOUR CORNERS MINE, W.R. GRACE AND INTERNATIONAL Deposit:: MINERALS AND CHEMICALS CORP., HILLSBOROUGH, MANATEE, AND Deposit:: POLK COUNTIES, FLORIDA, BUMINES MAS PROPERTY EVALUATION Deposit:: FILE REPORT, 1985, 17 PP. Deposit:: GUIDEBOOK, A.I.M.E. FIELD TRIP TO OCCIDENTAL MINES, 1977, Deposit:: 11 PP. Deposit:: ZELLARS-WILLIAMS, INC. EVALUATION OF THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS Deposit:: OF FLORIDA USING THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM, FINAL Deposit:: REPORT JUNE, 1978. Deposit:: GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP, HAMILTON COUNTY, FLORIDA, DEPARTMENT OF Deposit:: TRANSPORTATION, 1969. Deposit:: GENOA, CYPRESS CREEK, FARGO, BENTON, WHITE SPRINGS WEST, Deposit:: WHITE SPRINGS EAST QUADRANGLES, FLORIDA, U.S.G.S., 1962, Deposit:: 1955, 1955, 1969, 1961, 1961. Deposit:: CONTRACT J0377000, ZELLARS-WILLIAMS INC. FLA. PHOSPHATE Deposit:: PROJECT, EFFECTIVE DATE JUNE 30, 1977. Deposit:: PERSONAL COMMUNICATION WITH F.W. MYERS, R.M. GUNDZIK, Deposit:: J.T. GRIBBLE, AND M.R. FELDER, OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CO., Deposit:: DURING SITE VISIT, JAN. 1985. Deposit:: SAWYER, M.B., HOPEWELL MINE, HOPEWELL LAND CORP./NORANDA Deposit:: GROUP, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA, BUMINES MAS PROPERTY Deposit:: EVALUATION FILE REPORT, 1985, 14 PP. Deposit:: FLORIDA POWER CORP., RATE SCHEDULE CS-1 AND BA-1, NOV. 1984. Deposit:: FORT GREEN MINE, AGRICO, PERS. COMMUN. WITH COMPANY Deposit:: OFFICIALS BY M.R. DALEY, BUMINES, MAS, JAN. 1985. Deposit:: TABLE OF UNION WAGES, INTERNATIONAL CHEMICAL WORKERS UNION, Deposit:: LOCAL 784, JAN. 1985. Deposit:: NORALYN/PHOSPHORIA MINE, INTERNATIONAL MINERALS AND CHEMICAL Deposit:: CO., PERS. COMMUN. WITH COMPANY OFFICIALS BY L.M. OSMONSON, Deposit:: DAVIS, M.P., SUWANNEE RIVER MINE, BUMINES MAS SUMMARY FILE Deposit:: REPORT, SEPT. 1979, 21 PP. Reserve-Resource:: RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING Reserve-Resource:: COMPANIES, P185.