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South Florida Phosphate District

Producer in Hardee county in Florida, United States with commodities Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000664
MRDS ID ISM0355
Record type District
Current site name South Florida Phosphate District

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -82.01964, 27.50962 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Point located slightly north and west of approximate center of district. Look at polygon for this area.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hardee(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Duette(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Petersburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Saint Petersburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Peace(hydrologic unit)

Peace(hydrologic accounting unit)

Peace-Tampa Bay(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Florida Hardee
United States Florida Manatee
United States Florida DeSoto
United States Florida Sarasota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Uranium Tertiary

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 Formation

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -82.01964, 27.50962
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description IN BASINS ADJACENT TO POSITIVE AREAS NEAR SHORE

Ore body information

  • General form Bedded
    Area 257000HA

Comments on the ore body information

  • The area was determined by estimating the area incompassed by lines drawn on a page size map of Florida converted to a GIS. Consider this number very poor - more an order of magnitude.
  • Yards of overburden to ore ratios are 0.5-1.5:1

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1950

Mining district

District name SOUTH FLORIDA PHOSPHATE DISTRICT

Comments on development

  • The main mining method is Dragline.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CATHCART, J.B., SHELDON, R.P., AND GULBRANDSEN, R.A., 1983: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 888

  • Deposit

    Zellars, M.E., and Williams, J.M., 1978, Evaluation of the phosphate deposits of Florida using the Minerals Availability System: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open File Report 112-78, 196 p.

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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