Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
TertiaryAluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeChemical Sediment, Marine
Model244: Phosphate, warm current type
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formBLANKET (COVERS 2000 SQ MI OF THE COASTAL PLAIN)
Materials
Ore mineralsCollophane
GangueDolomite, Montmorillonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockClay, Mud,Sand and Gravel,Dolomite,Phosphorite · Bone Valley and Hawthorn Formations
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1970
Discovery year1915
Identification
Deposit ID10265152
MRDS IDISM0367
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates27.895, -82.035
References
GEORGE LOVE, CHIEF GEOLOGIST, MOBIL CHEMICAL CO.; 8/21/87 TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH LEE OSMONSON.U.S. Bureau of Mines. Compilation of proprietary, individual company, production statistics (for the years 1984 through 1986).R.W. HOPPE. PHOSPHATES ARE VITAL TO AGRICULTURE AND FLORIDA MINES FOR ONE THIRD THE WORLDD, IN E/MJ OPERATING HANDBOOK OF SURFACE MINING, MCGRAW-HILL INC. NEW YORK, NY, 1976, PP. 382-392.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.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.BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDONE&MJ, INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING, 1979, NEW YORKPA1-PA2) WORLD MINING, WORLD MINES REGISTER, 1981-82