Mine detail: Clear Springs Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

27.85337, -81.80791

Resource(B)

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)

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1966

Geology

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.

References

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.