Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
TertiaryUranium, Fluorine-Fluorite
Deposit
Deposit typeChemical sediment, marine
Model244: Phosphate, warm current type
Orebody formBedded
Geology
Host rockPhosphorite · Bone Valley Formation
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1890
Discovery year1888
Identification
Deposit ID10400463
Alternate namesCentral Land Pebble Phosphate District, South Land Pebble Phosphate District
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates27.66, -82.04
References
Zellars, M.E., and Williams, J.M., 1978, Evaluation of the phosphate deposits of Florida using the Minerals Availability System: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open File Report 112-78, 196 p.Orris, G.J, and Chernoff, C.B., 2004, Chapter 20. Review of world sedimentary phosphate deposits and occurrences, in Hein, J.R., ed., Life cycle of the Phosphoria Formation: From Deposition to the post-mining environment: Elsevier, Amsterdam, p. 559-573 and Appendix 1 (on CD).Florida Department of Environmental Protection, 2009, Rate of reclamation report, July 1, 1975 through December 31, 2008: Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Mining and Minerals Regulation Rate of Reclamation Report for the period ending December 31, 2008, 12 p., accessed November 8, 2010, at http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/mines/docs/2008-rate-of-reclamation.pdf.