Bonny Lake Mine (Seminole Fert.)

Producer in Polk county in Florida, United States with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials 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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024633
MRDS ID ISM0358
Record type Site
Current site name Bonny Lake Mine (Seminole Fert.)
Alternate or previous names Bonny Lake Mine
Related records 10118979

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.91655, 27.9003 (WGS84)
Elevation 60
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position CENTROID, 500 M

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Polk(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mulberry(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bartow(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fort Pierce(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 Polk

Comments on the location information

  • About 20 Km West of Fort Meade

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Collophane Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.91655, 27.9003

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 11M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Land Pebble Deposit

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1958
Year of last production 1983

Mining district

District name Land Pebble Phosphate District

Ownership information

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THE BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDON

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO.164, MAY 1981, P.61 NEW YORK

  • Deposit

    The British Sulphur Corp. Ltd., 1980: World Survey Of Phosphate Deposits, 4th Ed., LondonThe British Sulphur Corp. Ltd., 1980: World Survey Of Phosphate Deposits, 4th Ed., London

  • Deposit

    Industrial Minerals, No.164, May 1981, P.61 New YorkIndustrial Minerals, No.164, May 1981, P.61 New York

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit This Record Was Compiled For the International Strategic Minerals Inventory. The Data Were Used In Preparation of the USGS Circular 930 Series of Reports. Mineral Resource Categories and Codes Herein Are From the International Classification System Recomm

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
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
Reporter 31-DEC-1987 Saam, Henning, G. Bundesanstalt Fuer Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffee (Germany) PP- SEMINOLE FERT.

Beyond USGS

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