Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
TertiaryUranium
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model244: Phosphate, warm current type
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formBLANKET (COVERS 2000 SQ MI OF THE COASTAL PLAIN)
Geology
Host rockPhosphorite · Bone Valley;Hawthorn: Underlies Bone Valley Unconformably. Yellow-Tan Dolostone
StructureHawthorn Fm.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10080268
MRDS IDW031376
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates27.72531, -81.81096
References
CENTRAL FLORIDA PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY AREAWIDE IMPACT ASSESSMENT PROGRAM, EXISTING LAND USE, VOL IV, PREPARED FOR U.S.E.P.A BY TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC, JUNE 1977.SWIFT AGRI. CHEM. CORP. ANNUAL REPT., 1976ZELLARS-WILLIAMS INC., EVALUATION OF THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF FLORIDA USING THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM, BUMINES OPEN FILE REPORT 112-78, NTIS: PB 286 648/AS, 1978, 199 PP.ATLAS AND PLAT BOOK, POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA. ROCKFORD MAP PUBLISHERS, INC., ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, 1977.KRAUSS AND OTHERS, 1984, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT-- PHOSPHATE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-C, 41 P.GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP, POLKCOUNTY FLORIDA DEPART. OF TRANSPOR. 1971 BOWLING GREEN, BEREAH QUADRANGLES 7 1/2 MINUTE SERIES USGS 1955 1956Patterson, S.H., 1974, Fuller'S Earth And Other Industrial Mineral Resources Of The Meigs-Attapulgus-Quincy District, Georgia And Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 828, 45 Pp.Patterson, S.H., 1974, Fuller'S Earth And Other Industrial Mineral Resources Of The Meigs-Attapulgus-Quincy District, Georgia And Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 828, 45 Pp.ISMI