| Deposit ID | 60000666 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | ISM0379 |
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | North Florida-South Georgia District |
| Alternate or previous names | Suwannee River Mine, Swift Creek Mine, Deep Creek Prospect, North Lake City Deposit, Brooks-Dukes Deposit, Osceola National Forest Deposit |
| Geographic coordinates: | -82.80817, 30.40023 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 1:1,000,000 SCALE MAP |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Hamilton(county)
Florida(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Genoa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Valdosta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Suwannee(hydrologic unit)
Suwannee(hydrologic accounting unit)
Suwannee(hydrologic subregion)
South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Florida | Hamilton |
| United States | Florida | Columbia |
| United States | Florida | Baker |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Phosphorus-Phosphates | Primary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Model code | 244 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 34d |
| Deposit model name | Phosphate, warm current type |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| (1) | -82.80817, 30.40023 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1930 |
| Year of first production | 1964 |
| District name | NORTH FLORIDA-SOUTH GEORGIA DISTRICT |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CO. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | MONSANTO |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | PITTS-MIDWAY COAL |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | KERR-MCGEE |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CO. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | ISM0379 |
CATHCART, J.B., SHELDON, R.P., GULBRANDSEN, R.A. (1983) U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Orris, G.J., and Chernoff, C.B., 2004, Table of world phosphate deposits, in Hein, J.R., ed., Life cycle of the Phosphoria Formation: From deposition to the post-mining environment: Elsevier, Amsterdam, Handbook of exploration and environmental geochemistry v. 8, CD-ROM.
Cathcart, J.B., 1989, The phosphate deposits of Florida, with a note on the deposits in Georgia and South Carolina, USA. In A.J.G. Notholt, R.P. Sheldon and D.F. Davidson (eds), Phosphate deposits of the world, Volume 2-- Phosphate rock resources. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 62-70.
British Sulphur Corporation Limited, 1987. A world survey of phosphate deposits. The British Sulphur Corp. Ltd., London, 274 p.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | This District is coincident with a large, widespread deposit in northern Florida and southern Georgia. |
| General | This is same district described by Orris and Chernoff (2004), Deposit_No 963. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Updater | 03-JAN-11 | Causey, J. Douglas | U.S. Geological Survey | No reporter listed for this record. I made minor changes to some of the info. |
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