Mine detail: Fort Meade Mine - Cargill

Previously called 'Tencor MineFort Meade Mine - Gardinier'

Location:	Polk County, Florida, United States, North America
Lat / long:	27.70061, -81.84235
dep_id:	10265790
mrds_id:	ISM0361
mas_id:	121050019
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Phosphorus-Phosphates
Trace mineral:	Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium
Operation type:	Surface
Development status:	Plant
other_matl:	Collophane, Dolomite, Montmorillonite, Quartz
work_type:	Surface
Reporter:	Buckingham, David A.
Year first produced:	1967
References:	Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. COMPILATION OF PROPRIETARY, INDIVIDUAL Deposit:: COMPANY, PRODUCTION STATISTICS (FOR THE YEARS 1984 Deposit:: THROUGH 1986). Deposit:: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC. CENTRAL FLORIDA PHOSPHATE ENVIRON- Deposit:: MENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, CURRENT LAND USE I. E.P.A. CON- Deposit:: TRACT NO. 68-01-4196, JUNE 1977. Deposit:: ZELLARS-WILLIAMS, INC., EVALUATION OF THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS Deposit:: OF FLORIDA USING THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM, BU- Deposit:: MINES OPEN FILE REPORT 112-78, NTIS: PB 286-648/AS, Deposit:: 1978, 199 PP. Deposit:: ATLAS AND PLAT BOOK, POLK AND HARDEE COUNTIES, FLORIDA. Deposit:: ROCKFORD MAP PUBLISHERS, INC., ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, 1977. Deposit:: EMIGH, G.D. PHOSPHATE, IN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS--SIMPLE AND Deposit:: SOPHISTICATED. MINING ENGINEERING, FEBRUARY 1968, PP. Deposit:: 125-126. Deposit:: _____. PHOSPHATE ROCK, IN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS REVIEW. MINING Deposit:: ENGINEERING, FEBRUARY 1974, PP. 115-118. Deposit:: E/MJ. PHOSPHATE--NEW CONSTRUCTION HELD BACK BY LACK OF SUL- Deposit:: PHUR, IN E/M* 1968 PROJECT SURVEY. FEBRUARY 1968, PP. Deposit:: 90-93. Deposit:: FULLER, R.B. THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF PHOSPHATE ROCK Deposit:: MINING. MINING ENGINEERING, AUGUST 1951, PP. 708-712. Deposit:: GARDINIER, INC. APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL, NORTH Deposit:: HARDEE AREA, FORT MEADE PHOSPHATE MINE, HARDEE COUNTY, Deposit:: FLORIDA, PREP. BY DAMES & MOORE, LAKELAND, FL. DEVELOP- Deposit:: MENT OF REGIONAL IMPACT (DRI), APRIL 1983, PP. 14-25, Deposit:: 197, 216-233, AND 244-253. Deposit:: GARDINIER, INC., FORT MEADE MINE, FT. MEADE, FL. FORT MEADE Deposit:: MINE FLOWSHEET (COMPANY INFO. HANDOUT). 1 P. Deposit:: _____. PERSONAL COMMUNICATION WITH COMPANY REPRESENTATIVES Deposit:: DURING TRIP TO FLORIDA IN JANUARY 1985. Deposit:: GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP, POLK AND HARDEE COUNTIES, FLORIDA. DE- Deposit:: PARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, 1971, 1972. Deposit:: SKILLING*MINING REVIEW. CITIES SERVICE CO. TO SELL AGRI- Deposit:: CULTURAL CHEMICAL FACILITIES. FEBRUARY 10, 1973, P. 5. Deposit:: COMPANY, PRODUCTION STATISTICS (FOR THE YEARS 1973 Deposit:: THROUGH 1983). Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. BAIRD AND BOWLING GREEN QUADRANGLES Deposit:: (TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS), FLORIDA. 7.5 MINUTE SERIES, 1972 PHO- Deposit:: TOREV., SCALE 1:24,000. Deposit:: _____. FORT GREEN AND WAUCHULA QUADRANGLES (TOPOGRAPHIC Deposit:: MAPS), FLORIDA--HARDEE CO. 7.5 MINUTE SERIES, 1955, SCALE Ownership:: JOHN HATCH, MINE MANAGER; 8/20/87 TELEPHONE CONVERSATION Ownership:: WITH LEE OSMONSON.