Mine detail: Nichols Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 27.88144, -82.01485

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: Producer

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

MRDSW031385
DEP10080274
Reference{Deposit:: R.W. HOPPE. PHOSPHATES ARE VITAL TO AGRICULTURE AND FLORIDA MINES FOR ONE THIRD THE WORLD, IN E/MJ OPERATING HANDBOOK OF SURFACE MINING, MCGRAW-HILL INC. NEW YORK, NY, 1976, PP. 382-392.}{Deposit:: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INC. EXISTING LAND USE MAPS, VOL. IV OF CENTRAL FLORIDA PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY AREA WIDE IMPACT ASSESSMENT PROGRAM, JUNE, 1977.}{Deposit:: ZELLARS, M.E. AND J.M. WILLIAMS. EVALUATION OF THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF FLORIDA USING THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM. BUMINES OPEN FILE RPT.. 112-78. NTIS PB286 648/AS 1978, 199 PP.}{Deposit:: KRAUSS AND OTHERS, 1984, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT-- PHOSPHATE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-C, 41 P.}{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 1977Central 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:: Zellars-Williams, Questionaires I & Ii. 10-K Report. The Williams Companies, 1977Zellars-Williams, Questionaires I & Ii. 10-K Report. The Williams Companies, 1977}{Deposit:: U.S.Bureau OfU.S.Bureau Of}{Other Database:: ISMI}
ReporterSutphin, David M., Nicholson, S.W.