Mine detail: Noralyn/Phosphoria Mines

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Location

Lat / long:

27.82531, -81.89985

Resource(B)

Primary:	Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary:	Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Iron, Aluminum, Magnesite
Ore:	Collophane
Gangue:	Dolomite, Montmorillonite, Quartz
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:	Southern Flankof The Ocala Uplift, Solution Sags Are The Only Structural Deformations.
Tectonic:	Ocala Uplift Since Mid-Tert.
Alteration processes:	Clay Altered To Lateritic Aluminum Phosphates, Supergene Uranium Enrichment, Montmorillonite Transformed To Kaolinite.

References

MRDS	W031383
DEP	10080272
Reference	{Deposit:: APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL IMPACT, KINGSFORD OPERATION. IMC, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, 1974.}{Deposit:: INTERNATIONAL MINERALS & CHEMICALS CORP. ANNUAL REPORT 1976.}{Deposit:: INTERNATIONAL MINERALS & CHEMICALS CORP. FORM 10K, 1976.}{Deposit:: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INC. CENTRAL FLORIDA PHOSPHATE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, CURRENT LAND USE I.E.P.A. CONTRACT NO. 68-0104196, JUNE, 1977.}{Deposit:: KRAUSS AND OTHERS, 1984, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT-- PHOSPHATE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-C, 41 P.}{Deposit:: CATHCART,J.B., MCGREEVY,L.J. AND COLEMAN,A.M., 1955,ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE ZONE ON LANDS OWNEDBY INTERNATIONAL MINERALS AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION, LAND-PEBBLE PHOSPHATE DISTRICT, FLORIDA. TRACE ELEMENT MEMORANDUM REPORT 895, 91P.}{Other Database:: ISMI}
Reporter	Sutphin, David M.