Florida · Dixie, Lafayette, Gilchrist, Levy, Alachua, Marion, Citrus, Sumter, Hernando County

Past Producer

Florida Hardrock Phosphate Deposit

Dixie, Lafayette, Gilchrist, Levy, Alachua, Marion, Citrus, Sumter, Hernando County, Florida, United States

Phosphorus-Phosphates

Land & claims · BLM · live

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BLM MLRS ↗Claims at this point ↗Surface mgmt ↗

Surface manager + active mining claims at this point, live from BLM. The "open to location" notes are a general 1872-Mining-Law guide, not BLM output — decision-support only; verify with BLM MLRS and on the ground before staking or entry.

Commodities

PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates

Deposit

Deposit typeChemical Sediment, Marine

Economic & production

Development statusPast Producer

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References

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.

Identification

Deposit ID10400502

Alternate namesSteinhatchee District

RegionNA

Data scoreD

Coordinates29.7, -83.2