Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
TertiaryFluorine-Fluorite, Aluminum, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model244: Phosphate, warm current type
Deposit sizeL
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 statusProducer
First production1968
Discovery year1920
Identification
Deposit ID10080271
MRDS IDW031382
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates27.75811, -81.86698
References
ZELLAR-WILLIAMS, INC. EVALUATION OF THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF FLORIDA USING THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEMS, BUMINES OPEN FILE REPORT 112-78, NTIS: PB 286-648/AS 1978, 199 PP.KRAUSS AND OTHERS, 1984, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT-- PHOSPHATE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-C, 41 P.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.The Williams Companies. Form 10-K. 1976.The Williams Companies. Form 10-K. 1976.Zellars-Williams Inc., Evaluation Of The Phosphate DeZellars-Williams Inc., Evaluation Of The Phosphate DeISMI