Mine detail: Silver City Mine

Previously called 'Agricola Tract'

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Location: Polk County, Florida, United States, North America
Lat / long: 27.80031, -81.89929
dep_id: 10107370
mrds_id: W031380
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Trace mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite, Aluminum, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Collophane
orebody_fm: BLANKET (COVERS 2000 SQ MI OF THE COASTAL PLAIN)
work_type: Surface
model: 244: Phosphate, warm current type
Reporter: Sutphin, David M., Nicholson, S.W.
hrock_unit: Bone Valley;Hawthorn: Underlies Bone Valley Unconformably. Yellow-Tan Dolostone
hrock_type: Phosphorite
Structure: Sand, Clay, Dolomite, Phosphorite
Year first produced: 1963
References:
  • 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
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