Mine detail: Bonny Lake Mine

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Location: Polk County, Florida, United States, North America
Lat / long: 27.9064, -81.91985
dep_id: 10118979
mrds_id: ISM0358
mas_id: 121050006
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Trace mineral: Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Water, Free, Uranium, Magnesite
Operation type: Surface
Development status: Plant
other_matl: Collophane, Dolomite, Montmorillonite, Quartz
Reporter: Wilburn, David R.
Year first produced: 1958
References:
  • Deposit:: OPERATION INCLUDES A CONCENTRATOR & WASHER.
  • Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. 1984 MINERALS YEARBOOK, VOL. 2, AREA
  • Deposit:: REPORTS: DOMESTIC, P. 159.
  • Deposit:: _____. COMPILATION OF PROPRIETARY, INDIVIDUAL COMPANY,
  • Deposit:: PRODUCTION STATISTICS (FOR THE YEAR 1984).
  • Deposit:: W.R. GRACE AND COMPANY.FLORIDA PHOSPHATE OPERATIONS,
  • Deposit:: COMPANY PUBLICATION, 1977.
  • Deposit:: R.W. HOPPE. PHOSPHATES ARE VITAL TO AGRICULTURE AND FLORIDA
  • Deposit:: MINES FOR ONE THIRD THE WORLD, IN E/MJ OPERATING
  • Deposit:: HANDBOOK OF SURFACE MINING, MCGRAW-HILL, INC., N.Y.,
  • Deposit:: 1976, PP. 382-392.
  • Deposit:: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INC. EXISTING LAND USE MAP. VOL. IV OF
  • Deposit:: FLORIDA PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY AREAWIDE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
  • Deposit:: PROGRAM, JUNE 1977.
  • Deposit:: ZELLARS, M.E. AND J.M. WILLIAMS. EVALUATION OF THE PHOSPHATE
  • Deposit:: DEPOSITS OF FLORIDA USING THE MINERALS AVAILIBILITY
  • Deposit:: SYSTEM. BUMINES OPEN FILE REPORT 112-78, NTIS: PB 286-
  • Deposit:: 648/AS 1978, 199 PP.
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