Mine detail: Polk County Mine

Previously called 'Old Achan Imc Debris and MatrixT/A Minerals Polk County Mine'

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Location: Polk County, Florida, United States, North America
Lat / long: 27.85641, -81.97675
dep_id: 10143096
mrds_id: ISM0371
mas_id: 121050020
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Trace mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite, Aluminum, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Water, Free
Operation type: Surface
Development status: Past Producer
other_matl: Collophane, Montmorillonite, Quartz
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Wilburn, David R.
Year first produced: 1976
disc_yr: 1974
References:
  • 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. NEW YORK,
  • Deposit:: NY, 1976, PP. 382-392.
  • Deposit:: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INC. EXISTIING LAND USE MAP, VOL. IV OF
  • Deposit:: CENTRAL FLORIDA PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY AREAWIDE IMPACT ASSESS-
  • Deposit:: MENT PROGRAM, JUNE 1977
  • Deposit:: ZELLARS, M.E. AND J.M. WILLIAMS. EVALUATION OF THE
  • Deposit:: PHOSPHHATE DEPOSITS OF FLORIDA USING THE MINERALS
  • Deposit:: AVAILABILITY SYSTEM. BUMINES OPEN FILE REPORT 112-78
  • Deposit:: NTIS: PB 286-648/AS, 1978, 199 PP.
  • Ownership:: EDNA WHITAKER, DEPUTY PROPERTY APPRAISER, JAMES L. RODEN
  • Ownership:: PROPERTY APPRAISE* OFFICE (POLK COUNTY); 8/27/87
  • Ownership:: TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH LEE OSMONSON.
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