Mine detail: Silver City Mine

Previously called 'Agricola Tract'

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Location

Lat / long: 27.80031, -81.89929

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: Large
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1963

Geology

Host rock:Bone Valley;Hawthorn: Underlies Bone Valley Unconformably. Yellow-Tan Dolostone
Host type:Phosphorite
Structure:Sand, Clay, Dolomite, Phosphorite

References

MRDSW031380
DEP10107370
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:: SWIFT AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS CORPORATION, ANNUAL REPORT, 1977.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY MININGMASTER PLAN FOR MANATEE COUNTY, FLORIDA. SUBMITTED TO THE MANATEE COUNTY ZONING BOARD, 1975.}{Deposit:: ZELLARS-WILLIAMS INC., EVALUATION OF THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF FLORIDA USING THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM, BUMINES OPEN FILE REPORT 112-78, NTIS: PB 286 648/AS, 1978,199 PP.}{Deposit:: Upper Suwannee River, Evaluation Of A Proposed Dri As An Area Of Critical State Concern, Fla. Div. State Planning. 1974 U.S.G.S. Land Use& Land Cover Map. 1974.Upper Suwannee River, Evaluation Of A Proposed Dri As An Area Of Critical State Concern, Fla. Div. State Planning. 1974 U.S.G.S. Land Use& Land Cover Map. 1974.}{Deposit:: Guidebook, A.I.M.E. Field Trip To Occidental Mines. 1977Guidebook, A.I.M.E. Field Trip To Occidental Mines. 1977}{Deposit:: Occidental (Div. Hooker Chem) 10-KOccidental (Div. Hooker Chem) 10-K}
ReporterSutphin, David M., Nicholson, S.W.