Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Model244: Phosphate, warm current type
Deposit sizeY
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
AlterationClay Altered To Lateritic Aluminum Phosphates, Supergene Uranium Enrichment, Montmorillonite Transformed To Kaolinite.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10080276
MRDS IDW031388
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates27.78142, -81.94985
References
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