Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
TertiaryAluminum, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Fluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeChemical Sediment, Marine
Model244: Phosphate, warm current type
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Other materialsCollophane, Dolomite, Montmorillonite, Quartz
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1936
Identification
Deposit ID10168596
Alternate namesWest Lakeland Venture, Lakeland Airport, Drane Field Tract
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates28.0114, -82.02065
References
Central Florida Phosphate Industry area-wide impact assessment program, existing land use, vol. IV, prepared for U.S.E.P.A. by Texas Instruments Incorporated, June 1977.GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP, POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANTATION, 1971.LAND ATLAS & PLAT BOOK, POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA, 1977, PUBLISHEROCKFORD MAP PUBLISHERS INCRAND MCNALLY & COMPANY, FLORIDA STATE AND COUNTY OUTLINE MAPTHE AREA IDENTIFIED.NICHOLS, MULBERRY, LAKELAND, PLANT CITY QUADRANGLES, FLORIDAMINUTE SERIES, U.S.G.S. 1955, 1949, 1944, 1944.Zellars-Williams, Inc., Evaluation of the phosphate deposits of Florida using the Minerals Availability System, U.S. Bureau of Mines Open File Report 112-78, NTIS: PB 286-648/AS, 1978, 199 p.