Mine detail: Kingsford Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

27.8342, -81.99791

Resource(B)

Primary:	Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary:	Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Aluminum, Magnesite
Ore:	Collophane
Gangue:	Dolomite, Montmorillonite, Quartz
Orebody form:	BLANKET (COVERS 2000 SQ MI OF THE COASTAL PLAIN)
Discovery year:	1920

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Bone Valley;Hawthorn: Underlies Bone Valley Unconformably. Yellow-Tan Dolostone
Host type:	Phosphorite
Structure:	Southern Flank Of The Ocala Uplift, Solutionsags 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	W031387
DEP	10111555
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:: IMC CORP., ANNUAL REPT TO STOCKHOLDERS, 1977. PP 1-14.}{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:: APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL IMPACT, KINGSFORD OPERATION HILLSBOROUGH CO., FLA., 1974.}{Deposit:: KRAUSS AND OTHERS, 1984, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT-- PHOSPHATE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-C, 41 P.}{Deposit:: KEYSVILLE, BRADLEY JUNCTION QUADRANGLES, FLORIDA, 7 1/2 MINUTE SERIES U.S.G.S. 1955, 1949.}{Other Database:: ISMI}
Reporter	Sutphin, David M.