Mine detail: Rockland Mine

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Location:	Polk County, Florida, United States, North America
Lat / long:	27.75421, -81.86675
dep_id:	10240937
mrds_id:	ISM0372
mas_id:	121050017
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Phosphorus-Phosphates
Trace mineral:	Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium
Operation type:	Surface
Development status:	Plant
other_matl:	Collophane, Dolomite, Montmorillonite, Quartz
Reporter:	Hite, Alan G.
Year first produced:	1968
disc_yr:	1920
References:	Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. COMPILATION OF PROPRIETARY, INDIVIDUAL Deposit:: COMPANY, PRODUCTION STATISTICS (FOR THE YEARS 1985 AND Deposit:: 1986). Deposit:: ZELLAR-WILLIAMS, INC. EVALUATION OF THE PHOSPHATE Deposit:: DEPOSITS OF FLORIDA USING THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY Deposit:: SYSTEMS, BUMINES OPEN FILE REPORT 112-78,NTIS: PB 286-648/AS Deposit:: 1978, 199 PP. Deposit:: DAMES AND MOORE. USS AGRI-CHEMICALS/FREEPORT PHOSPHATE ROCK Deposit:: COMPANY, SOUTH ROCKLAND AREA, POLK AND HARDEE COUNTIES, Deposit:: FLORIDA. DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL IMPACT APPLICATION FOR Deposit:: DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL, MARCH 1981. Deposit:: EARTH SCIENCES, INC. URANIFEROUS PHOSPHATE RESOURCES AND Deposit:: TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS OF URANIUM RECOVERY FROM Deposit:: PHOSPHATE RESOURCES, UNITED STATES AND FREE WOULD, DEP. Deposit:: ENERGY CONTRACT GJBX-110(79) V. 2, JUNE 1979, 672 PP. Deposit:: WORLD PHOSPHATES, FERTECOM, ZELLARS-WILLIAMS, INC., SRI Deposit:: INTERNATIONAL, 1981. Deposit:: USS AGRI-CHEMICALS. PERSONAL COMMUNICATION DURING COMPANY Deposit:: VISIT IN JANUARY 1985; AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST FROM Deposit:: B.J. ROBERSON, BUMINES-EFOC, DENVER, CO.