Mine detail: Haynesworth Mine

Previously called 'Chicora MineHaynsworth Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 27.76651, -82.01373

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: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1967

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

MRDSW031389
DEP10080277
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:: KERR-MCGEE ANNUAL REPORT, 1976. ZELLARS-WILLIAMS, INC. 1978.}{Deposit:: KEYSVILLE, DUETTENE, BAIRD, BRADLEY JUNCTION QUADRANGLES, 7 1/2 MINUTES SERIES, U.S.G.S. 1955, 1956, 1955, 1949.}{Deposit:: ZELLAR-WILLIAMS INC., EVALUATION OF THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF FLORIDA USING THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM, BUMINES OPEN FILE REPORT 112-78, NTIS: PB 2286 648/AS.}{Deposit:: MCGREEVY, L.J., CATHCART, J.B., AND COLEMAN, A.M., 1955, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE ZONE ON PROPERTIES OWNED BY THE AMERICAN CYANAMID CO., LAND-PEBBLE PHOSPHATEDISTRICT, FLA. US GEOL. SURV. TRACE ELEMENTS MEMORANDUM REPT. 872, 65P.}{Deposit:: KRAUSS AND OTHERS, 1984, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT-- PHOSPHATE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-C, 41 P.}{Deposit:: AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY, 1951, HELD 18,810 ACRES, 7700 OF WHICH WERE MINABLE FOR P205 AND U308. ^253 AMERICAN CYNAMID COMPANY, 1974, PRICE INCREASES AND NEW MINING TECHNIQUES MADE LOWER GRADE ORES PROFITABLE}{Deposit:: Florida Department Of Transportation, General Highway Map, Polk County, Fla., 1971Florida Department Of Transportation, General Highway Map, Polk County, Fla., 1971}{Deposit:: W.R. Grace & Company, Annual Report, 1977W.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 MR.W. Hoppe, Phosphates Are Vital To Agriculture And Florida Mines For One-Third The World, In E/Mj Operating Handbook Of Surface M}{Other Database:: ISMI}
ReporterSutphin, David M., Nicholson, S.W.