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Fort Meade Mine Gardinier (Tencor; Fort Meade), Central Florida Phosphate District, Polk Co., Florida, USA

REF:Deposit:: E&MJ, INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING, 1979, NEW YORK
Deposit:: WORLD MINES REGISTER, 1981-82, SAN FRANCISCO
Deposit:: ZELLARS-WILLIAMS, INC., EVALUATION OF THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF FLORIDA USING MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM, BUMINES OPEN FILE REPORT 112-78, NTIS: PB 286-648/AS, 1978, 199 PP.
Deposit:: CATHCART, J.B., COLEMAN, A.M., AND MCGREEVY,L.J., 1955,
Commodities (Major) - Phosphorus-Phosphates; (Trace) - Magnesite, Uranium, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite
Development Status: Producer
Deposit Model: 244: Phosphate, warm current type
Host Rock Unit: Bone Valley, Limestone
Structure: Solution Sags Are The Only Structural Deformations., Southern Flank Of The Ocala Uplift
Host Rock: Phosphorite
Tectonic Structure: Ocala Uplift Since Mid-Tert.





Map Reference: 27°41'13"N , 81°50'49"W

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Mineral List:
  • 'Apatite
    var: Collophane'
  • Dolomite
  • Montmorillonite
  • Quartz


    4 entries listed. 3 valid minerals.

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