| Location: | Polk County, Florida, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 27.68725, -81.84679 |
| dep_id: | 10111554 |
| mrds_id: | W031377 |
| Commodity type: | metallic and nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Phosphorus-Phosphates |
| Trace mineral: | Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Iron, Aluminum, Magnesite |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Large ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Collophane |
| gangue: | Dolomite, Montmorillonite, Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | BLANKET (COVERS 2000 SQ MI OF THE COASTAL PLAIN) |
| work_type: | Surface |
| model: | 244: Phosphate, warm current type |
| alteration: | Clay Altered To Lateritic Aluminum Phosphates, Supergene Uranium Enrichment, Montmorillonite Transformed To Kaolinite. |
| conc_proc: | Sedimentation: Fluvial |
| ore_ctrl: | Large Scale Barrier Bars May Have Significantly Influenced Deposition. |
| Reporter: | Sutphin, David M. |
| hrock_unit: | Bone Valley;Hawthorn: Underlies Bone Valley Unconformably. Yellow-Tan Dolostone |
| hrock_type: | Phosphorite |
| Structure: | Southern Flank Of The Ocala Uplift, Solution Sags Are The Only Structural Deformations. |
| tectonic: | Ocala Uplift Since Mid-Tert. |
| Year first produced: | 1967 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: ZELLARS-WILLIAMS, INC., EVALUATION OF THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF FLORIDA USING MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM, BUMINES OPEN FILE REPORT 112-78, NTIS: PB 286-648/AS, 1978, 199 PP.
- Deposit:: CATHCART, J.B., COLEMAN, A.M., AND MCGREEVY,L.J., 1955, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE ZONE ON PROPERTY OWNED BY U. S. PHOSPHORIC PRODUCTS CO. (TENNESSEE CORP.), LAND-PEBBLE PHOSPHATE DISTRICT, FLA. TRACE ELEMENT MEMORANDUM REPT. 896, 23P.
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