Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
TertiaryUranium
Deposit
Deposit typeCHEMICAL SEDIMENT, MARINE
Model244: Phosphate, warm current type
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formBedded
Geology
Host rockPhosphorite · Bone Valley Formation
StructureIN BASINS ADJACENT TO POSITIVE AREAS NEAR SHORE
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1950
Identification
Deposit ID60000664
MRDS IDISM0355
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates27.50962, -82.01964
References
CATHCART, J.B., SHELDON, R.P., AND GULBRANDSEN, R.A., 1983: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 888Zellars, 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.