| Lat / long: | 27.68725, -81.84679 |
| Primary: | Phosphorus-Phosphates |
| Tertiary: | Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Iron, Aluminum, Magnesite |
| Ore: | Collophane |
| Gangue: | Dolomite, Montmorillonite, Quartz |
| Orebody form: | BLANKET (COVERS 2000 SQ MI OF THE COASTAL PLAIN) |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Large |
| Development status: | Producer |
| First production started: | 1967 |
| 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 | W031377 |
| DEP | 10111554 |
| Reference | {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.} |
| Reporter | Sutphin, David M. |