Cargill Firtilizer - South Ft. Meade

Producer in Polk county in Florida, United States with commodities Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10306479
MRDS ID AG00256
Record type Site
Current site name Cargill Firtilizer - South Ft. Meade

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.75679, 27.66697 (WGS84)
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

Bowling Green(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

  • 3 Miles South of Fort Meade, West of Us 27

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Magnesite Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Collophane Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.75679, 27.66697

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Phosphorite

Comments on the geologic information

  • A Land Pebble Depositthickness Varies Due To Hawthorn Karst Topography

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1997 Hendrickson, J. C. (Spencer, S. M.) Florida 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 field content and Ore Minerals field content to conform to

Beyond USGS

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