Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
SecondaryFluorine-Fluorite
TertiaryUranium, Zirconium, Titanium
Deposit
Deposit typeBEDDED PHOSPHATE
Model244: Phosphate, warm current type
Deposit sizeL
Geology
Host rockPhosphorite · "Hawthorn Formation", "Bone Valley Formation"
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1890
Discovery year1888
Identification
Deposit ID60001561
MRDS IDW001321
Alternate namesCentral Land Pebble Phosphate District, Big Four, Bony Lake, Clear Springs, Fort Green, Fort Maede (Gardinier), Fort Maede (Mobil), Haynsworth, Hooker's Prairie, Kingsford, Lonestone, Nichols, Noralyn, Payne Creek, Phosphoria, Polk County, Rockland, Saddle Creek, Silver City, Stuard Tract, Watson Mines, Duette, Four Corners Developments, Florida Phosphate District, Southern Land Pebble Phosphate District
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates27.84636, -81.91101
References
LAMONT 1969 AIME, MI. ENG. PREPRINT 69BCATHCART, 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 deposit of Florida using the Minerals Availability System: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open File Report 112-78, 196 p. (prepared for the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines Contract No. J0377000.Bay Soundings, 2005, Bone Valley: on-line accessed Oct. 29, 2010, at http://baysoundings.com/sum05/BoneValley.pdf#rush.