Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
TertiaryFluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Iron, Aluminum, Magnesite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model244: Phosphate, warm current type
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsSurface
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 ID10111554
MRDS IDW031377
Alternate namesTencor, Fort Meade
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates27.68725, -81.84679
References
ZELLARS-WILLIAMS, INC., EVALUATION OF THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF FLORIDA USING MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM, BUMINES OPEN FILE REPORT 112-78, NTIS: PB 286-648/AS, 1978, 199 PP.CATHCART, J.B., COLEMAN, A.M., AND MCGREEVY,L.J., 1955, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE ZONE ON PROPERTY OWNED BY U. S. PHOSPHORIC PRODUCTS CO. (TENNESSEE CORP.), LAND-PEBBLE PHOSPHATE DISTRICT, FLA. TRACE ELEMENT MEMORANDUM REPT. 896, 23P.