Mine detail: Hookers Prairie Mine

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Location:	Polk County, Florida, United States, North America
Lat / long:	27.78142, -81.94985
dep_id:	10080276
mrds_id:	W031388
Commodity type:	nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Phosphorus-Phosphates
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Collophane
orebody_fm:	BLANKET (COVERS 2000 SQ MI OF THE COASTAL PLAIN)
model:	244: Phosphate, warm current type
alteration:	Clay Altered To Lateritic Aluminum Phosphates, Supergene Uranium Enrichment, Montmorillonite Transformed To Kaolinite.
Reporter:	Sutphin, David M., Nicholson, S.W.
hrock_unit:	Bone Valley;Hawthorn: Underlies Bone Valley Unconformably. Yellow-Tan Dolostone
hrock_type:	Phosphorite
Structure:	Sand, Clay, Dolomite
References:	Deposit:: FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP, POLK COUNTY, FLA., 1971 Deposit:: W.R. GRACE & COMPANY, ANNUAL REPORT, 1977 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 MAP,VOL. IV OF CENTRAL FLORIDA PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY AREAWIDE IMPACT ASSESSMENT PROGRAM, JUNE 1977 Deposit:: KRAUSS AND OTHERS, 1984, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS 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 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:: Imc Corp., Annual Rept To Stockholders, 1977. Pp 1-14.Imc Corp., Annual Rept To Stockholders, 1977. Pp 1-14. Deposit:: Zellars-Williams Inc., Evaluation Of TheZellars-Williams Inc., Evaluation Of The Other Database:: ISMI