Mine detail: Watson Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 27.72531, -81.81096

Resource(B)

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Uranium
Ore: Collophane
Orebody form: BLANKET (COVERS 2000 SQ MI OF THE COASTAL PLAIN)

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host rock:Bone Valley;Hawthorn: Underlies Bone Valley Unconformably. Yellow-Tan Dolostone
Host type:Phosphorite
Structure:Hawthorn Fm.

References

MRDSW031376
DEP10080268
Reference{Deposit:: CENTRAL FLORIDA PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY AREAWIDE IMPACT ASSESSMENT PROGRAM, EXISTING LAND USE, VOL IV, PREPARED FOR U.S.E.P.A BY TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC, JUNE 1977.}{Deposit:: SWIFT AGRI. CHEM. CORP. ANNUAL REPT., 1976}{Deposit:: ZELLARS-WILLIAMS INC., EVALUATION OF THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF FLORIDA USING THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM, BUMINES OPEN FILE REPORT 112-78, NTIS: PB 286 648/AS, 1978, 199 PP.}{Deposit:: ATLAS AND PLAT BOOK, POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA. ROCKFORD MAP PUBLISHERS, INC., ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, 1977.}{Deposit:: KRAUSS AND OTHERS, 1984, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT-- PHOSPHATE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-C, 41 P.}{Deposit:: GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP, POLKCOUNTY FLORIDA DEPART. OF TRANSPOR. 1971 BOWLING GREEN, BEREAH QUADRANGLES 7 1/2 MINUTE SERIES USGS 1955 1956}{Deposit:: Patterson, S.H., 1974, Fulle* Earth And Other Industrial Mineral Resources Of The Meigs-Attapulgus-Quincy District, Georgia And Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 828, 45 Pp.Patterson, S.H., 1974, Fulle* Earth And Other Industrial Mineral Resources Of The Meigs-Attapulgus-Quincy District, Georgia And Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 828, 45 Pp.}{Other Database:: ISMI}
ReporterPatterson, Sam H., Nicholson, S.W.