1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Land Pebble Phosphate District

Producer in Polk county in Florida, United States with commodities Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Phosphorus-Phosphates
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000665
MRDS ID ISM0356
Record type District
Current site name Land Pebble Phosphate District
Alternate or previous names Big Four, Bony Lake, Clear Springs, Fort Green, Fort Maede (Gardinier), Fort Maede (Mobil), Haynsworth, Hooker's Prairie, Kingsford, Lonestone, Nichols, Noralyn, Payne Creek, Phosphoria, Polk County, Rockland, Saddle Creek, Silver City, Stuard Tract, Watson Mines, Duette, Four Corners Developments

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.99984, 27.70031 (WGS84)
Relative position ESTIMATED FROM 1:250.000 SCALE MAP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Polk(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Baird(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
United States Florida Hillsborough
United States Florida Manatee
United States Florida Hardee

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description BASIN ON FLANK OF RISING DOME

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Discovery year 1888
Year of first production 1890

Mining district

District name LAND PEBBLE PHOSPHATE DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner AGRICO CHEMICALS
  • Type Owner
    Owner MAX
  • Type Owner
    Owner BEKER
  • Type Owner
    Owner BREWSTER
  • Type Owner
    Owner ESTECH
  • Type Owner
    Owner W.R. GRACE
  • Type Owner
    Owner TMCC
  • Type Owner
    Owner MOBIL
  • Type Owner
    Owner USS AGRICHOM
  • Type Operator
    Owner AGRICO CHEMICALS
  • Type Operator
    Owner MAX
  • Type Operator
    Owner BEKER
  • Type Operator
    Owner BREWSTER
  • Type Operator
    Owner ESTECH
  • Type Operator
    Owner W.R. GRACE
  • Type Operator
    Owner TMCC
  • Type Operator
    Owner MOBIL
  • Type Operator
    Owner USS AGRICHOM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site