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Hookers Prairie Mine

Producer in Polk county in Florida, United States with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080276
MRDS ID W031388
Record type Site
Current site name Hookers Prairie Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.94985, 27.78142 (WGS84)
Elevation 40
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Polk(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bradley Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bartow(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fort Pierce(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alafia(hydrologic unit)

Tampa Bay(hydrologic accounting unit)

Peace-Tampa Bay(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Florida Polk

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Tallahassee 031S 024E 30 SW4 OF SE4 OF NW4 Florida

Comments on the location information

  • About 3.6 Km West of Brewster

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Collophane Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Clay Altered To Lateritic Aluminum Phosphates, Supergene Uranium Enrichment, Montmorillonite Transformed To Kaolinite.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 244
USGS model code 34d
Deposit model name Phosphate, warm current type

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Phosphorite
    Rock unit name Bone Valley;Hawthorn: Underlies Bone Valley Unconformably. Yellow-Tan Dolostone
    Rock description Bone Valley;Hawthorn: Underlies Bone Valley Unconformably. Yellow-Tan Dolostone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.94985, 27.78142
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sand
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Clay
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Dolomite

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET (COVERS 2000 SQ MI OF THE COASTAL PLAIN)
    Dip SLOPES OF 5 FT/MILE ARE COMMON TO BONE VALLEY FM.
    Depth to top 5M

Comments on the geologic information

  • A Land-Pebble Deposit Thickness Varies Due To Hawthorn Karst Topography
  • THE BONE VALLEY FM WAS DEPOSITED ON THE ERODED SURFACE OF THE HAWTHORN FM. BY A TRANSGRESSING SEA THAT REWORKED AND SORTED THE HIGHLY PHOSPHATIC RESIDUAL OF THE HAWTHORN FM. PHOSPHATE RECOVERED IS FROM THE LOWER BONE VALLEY-WHICH IS LESS WEATHERED-AND THE UPPER RESIDUAL PART OF THE HAWTHORN. RIGGS (1967)REDEFINED THE STRATIGRAPHY CREATING HAWTHORN GROUP WHICHINCLUDES ROCKS PREVIOUSLY PLACED IN HAWTHORN AND BONE VALLEY FMS. BONE VALLEY FM. WAS THEN SUBDIVIDED INTO 11 MEMBERS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Central Florida Phosphate District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Grace Co., W. R.

Comments on the workings information

  • 7000

Comments on development

  • PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS ARE COMMONLY LOCATED USING GAMMA RAY LOGGING, AIRBORNE RADIOACTIVITY LOGGING AND GEIGER COUNTER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP, POLK COUNTY, FLA., 1971

  • Deposit

    W.R. GRACE & COMPANY, ANNUAL REPORT, 1977

  • Deposit

    R.W. HOPPE, PHOSPHATES ARE VITAL TO AGRICULTURE AND FLORIDA MINES FOR ONE-THIRD THE WORLD, IN E/MJ OPERATING HANDBOOK OF SURFACE MINING, MCGRAW-HILL, INC. NEW YORK, NY, 1976, PP. 382-392

  • Deposit

    TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INC. EXISTING LAND USE MAP,VOL. IV OF CENTRAL FLORIDA PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY AREAWIDE IMPACT ASSESSMENT PROGRAM, JUNE 1977

  • Deposit

    KRAUSS AND OTHERS, 1984, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT-- PHOSPHATE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-C, 41 P.

  • Other Database

    ISMI

  • Production

    KRAUSS AND OTHERS, 1984

  • 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.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.Imc Corp., Annual Rept To Stockholders, 1977. Pp 1-14.

  • Deposit

    Zellars-Williams Inc., Evaluation Of TheZellars-Williams Inc., Evaluation Of The

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A LAND PEBBLE DEPOSITTHICKNESS VARIES DUE TO HAWTHORN KARST TOPOGRAPHY
Deposit PHOSPHORITE STUDIES WERE MOTIVATED SOLELY BY THE OCCURRENCE OF URANIUM AS A TRACE SUBSTITUENT OF APATITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-SEP-1977 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 04-NOV-2002 Nicholson, S.W. U.S. Geological Survey reformated date column; calculated latitude and longitude in decimal degrees; added Location Precision, Continent, Country, State, Commodity Code, Ore Minerals Code fields; changed Major Commodity fie

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