Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
TertiaryFluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Aluminum, Magnesite, Iron
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 Flank Of 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
First production1967
Identification
Deposit ID10080278
MRDS IDW031390
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates27.7892, -81.79679
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.GENERAL HIGWAY MAP POLK COUNTY FLORIDA. JANUARY 1971ZELLARS-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.THE ARCADIAN, 3-6-75. "PHOSPHATE WASTES LEAKED INTO RIVER".GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP, POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA DEPART. OF TRANSP. 1971.KRAUSS AND OTHERS, 1984, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT-- PHOSPHATE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-C, 41 P.ISMI