Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
TertiaryFluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Iron, Aluminum, Magnesite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model244: Phosphate, warm current type
Deposit sizeL
Orebody formBLANKET (COVERS 2000 SQ MI OF THE COASTAL PLAIN)
Ore controlLarge Scale Barrier Bars May Have Significantly Influenced Deposition.
Materials
Ore mineralsCollophane
GangueDolomite, Montmorillonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockPhosphorite · Bone Valley;Hawthorn: Underlies Bone Valley Unconformably. Yellow-Tan Dolostone
StructureSouthern Flankof The Ocala Uplift, Solution Sags Are The Only Structural Deformations.
Tectonic settingOcala Uplift Since Mid-Tert.
AlterationClay Altered To Lateritic Aluminum Phosphates, Supergene Uranium Enrichment, Montmorillonite Transformed To Kaolinite.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10080272
MRDS IDW031383
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates27.82531, -81.89985
References
APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL IMPACT, KINGSFORD OPERATION. IMC, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, 1974.INTERNATIONAL MINERALS & CHEMICALS CORP. ANNUAL REPORT 1976.INTERNATIONAL MINERALS & CHEMICALS CORP. FORM 10K, 1976.TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INC. CENTRAL FLORIDA PHOSPHATE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, CURRENT LAND USE I.E.P.A. CONTRACT NO. 68-0104196, JUNE, 1977.KRAUSS AND OTHERS, 1984, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT-- PHOSPHATE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-C, 41 P.CATHCART,J.B., MCGREEVY,L.J. AND COLEMAN,A.M., 1955,ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE ZONE ON LANDS OWNEDBY INTERNATIONAL MINERALS AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION, LAND-PEBBLE PHOSPHATE DISTRICT, FLORIDA. TRACE ELEMENT MEMORANDUM REPORT 895, 91P.ISMI