| Lat / long: | 27.85337, -81.80791 |
| Primary: | Phosphorus-Phosphates |
| Tertiary: | Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Iron, Aluminum, Magnesite |
| Ore: | Collophane |
| Gangue: | Dolomite, Quartz |
| Orebody form: | BLANKET (COVERS 2000 SQ MI OF THE COASTAL PLAIN) |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Large |
| Development status: | Producer |
| First production started: | 1966 |
| Host rock: | Bone Valley;Hawthorn: Underlies Bone Valley Unconformably. Yellow-Tan Dolostone |
| Host type: | Phosphorite |
| Structure: | Southern Flank Of 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. |
| MRDS | W031392 |
| DEP | 10080279 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: INTERNATIONAL MINERALS AND CHEMICALS CORPORATION. ANNUAL REPORT, 1977}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY. MINING MASTER PLAN FOR MANATEE COUNTY, FLORIDA. SUBMITTED TO THE MANATEE COUNTY ZONING BOARD, 1975.}{Deposit:: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INC. CENTRAL FLORIDA PHOSPHATE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, CURRENT LAND USE IV. JUNE, 1977}{Deposit:: ZELLARS, M.E. AND J.M. WILLIAMS. EVALUATION OF THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF FLORIDA USINGTHE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM. BUMINES OPEN FILE REPORT 112-78, NTIS: PB 286 648/AS, 1978, 199PP.}{Deposit:: KRAUSS AND OTHERS, 1984, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY-- PHOSPHATE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-C, 41 P.}{Other Database:: ISMI} |
| Reporter | Sutphin, David M. |