Description
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
TertiaryFluorine-Fluorite, Aluminum, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite
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
StructureSand, Clay, Dolomite, Phosphorite
AlterationClay Altered To Lateritic Aluminum Phosphates, Supergene Uranium Enrichment, Montmorillonite Transformed To Kaolinite.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1968
Last production1985
Identification
Deposit ID10080270
MRDS IDW031381
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates28.03335, -81.83431
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.THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES. FORM 10-K. 1976.ZELLARS-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.GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP, POLK COUNTY FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT.KRAUSS AND OTHERS, 1984, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT-- PHOSPHATE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-C, 41 P.MCGREEVY, L.J., CATHCART, J.B., AND COLEMAN,A.M., 1955, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE ZONE ON PROPERTIES OWNEDBY THE AMERICAN CYANAMID CO., LAND-PEBBLE PHOSPHATE DISTRICT, FLA. TRACE ELEMENT MEMORANDUM REPT. 872, 64P.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.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 Agricultural Chemicals Corporation, Annual Report, 1977.Swift Agricultural Chemicals Corporation, Annual Report, 1977.Phillips Petroleum Company MiningmPhillips Petroleum Company MiningmISMI