Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
TertiaryUranium, Fluorine-Fluorite
Deposit
Deposit typeChemical Sediment, Marine
Model244: Phosphate, warm current type
Deposit sizeN
Geology
Host rockCarbonate,Sandstone
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1964
Discovery year1930
Identification
Deposit ID60000666
MRDS IDISM0379
Alternate namesSuwannee River Mine, Swift Creek Mine, Deep Creek Prospect, North Lake City Deposit, Brooks-Dukes Deposit, Osceola National Forest Deposit
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates30.40023, -82.80817
References
CATHCART, J.B., SHELDON, R.P., GULBRANDSEN, R.A. (1983) U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEYOrris, G.J., and Chernoff, C.B., 2004, Table of world phosphate deposits, in Hein, J.R., ed., Life cycle of the Phosphoria Formation: From deposition to the post-mining environment: Elsevier, Amsterdam, Handbook of exploration and environmental geochemistry v. 8, CD-ROM.Cathcart, J.B., 1989, The phosphate deposits of Florida, with a note on the deposits in Georgia and South Carolina, USA. In A.J.G. Notholt, R.P. Sheldon and D.F. Davidson (eds), Phosphate deposits of the world, Volume 2-- Phosphate rock resources. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 62-70.British Sulphur Corporation Limited, 1987. A world survey of phosphate deposits. The British Sulphur Corp. Ltd., London, 274 p.