Mine detail: Hookers Prairie Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 27.78142, -81.94985

Resource(N)

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

Production

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

Geology

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

References

MRDSW031388
DEP10080276
Reference{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}
ReporterSutphin, David M., Nicholson, S.W.