Mine detail: Saddle Creek-Ebersbach Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 28.03335, -81.83431

Resource(B)

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite, Aluminum, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite
Ore: Collophane
Orebody form: BLANKET (COVERS 2000 SQ MI OF THE COASTAL PLAIN)

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1968
Last production ended: 1985

Geology

Host rock:Bone Valley;Hawthorn: Underlies Bone Valley Unconformably. Yellow-Tan Dolostone
Host type:Phosphorite
Structure:Sand, Clay, Dolomite, Phosphorite
Alteration processes:Clay Altered To Lateritic Aluminum Phosphates, Supergene Uranium Enrichment, Montmorillonite Transformed To Kaolinite.

References

MRDSW031381
DEP10080270
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:: THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES. FORM 10-K. 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:: GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP, POLK COUNTY FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT.}{Deposit:: KRAUSS AND OTHERS, 1984, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT-- PHOSPHATE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-C, 41 P.}{Deposit:: MCGREEVY, L.J., CATHCART, J.B., AND COLEMAN,A.M., 1955, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE ZONE ON PROPERTIES OWNEDBY THE AMERICAN CYANAMID CO., LAND-PEBBLE PHOSPHATE DISTRICT, FLA. TRACE ELEMENT MEMORANDUM REPT. 872, 64P.}{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.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 Agricultural Chemicals Corporation, Annual Report, 1977.Swift Agricultural Chemicals Corporation, Annual Report, 1977.}{Deposit:: Phillips Petroleum Company MiningmPhillips Petroleum Company Miningm}{Other Database:: ISMI}
ReporterSutphin, David M., Nicholson, S.W.