Dania Pit, Broward Co., Florida, USA
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 26° 3' 4'' North , 80° 9' 14'' West |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 26.05111,-80.15389 |
GeoHash: | G#: dhxh0n3wx |
Locality type: | Pit |
Köppen climate type: | Am : Tropical monsoon climate |
REF:Deposit:: MESA INSPECTORS 1978
Deposit:: NOT ON 1980 OR 1981 MSHA LISTS
Deposit:: RCF 10/81
Commodities (Trace) - Sand and Gravel, Peat
Development Status: Past Producer
No minerals currently recorded for this locality.
Regional Geology
This geological map and associated information on rock units at or nearby to the coordinates given for this locality is based on relatively small scale geological maps provided by various national Geological Surveys. This does not necessarily represent the complete geology at this locality but it gives a background for the region in which it is found.
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Cenozoic 0 - 66 Ma ID: 3186031 | Cenozoic sedimentary rocks Age: Cenozoic (0 - 66 Ma) Lithology: Sedimentary rocks Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
Pleistocene 0.0117 - 2.588 Ma ID: 3003958 | Miami Limestone Age: Pleistocene (0.0117 - 2.588 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Miami Limestone Description: The Miami Limestone (formerly the Miami Oolite), named by Sanford (1909), occurs at or near the surface in southeastern peninsular Florida from Palm Beach County to Dade and Monroe Counties. It forms the Atlantic Coastal Ridge and extends beneath the Everglades where it is commonly covered by thin organic and freshwater sediments. The Miami Limestone occurs on the mainland and in the southern Florida Keys from Big Pine Key to the Marquesas Keys. From Big Pine Key to the mainland, the Miami Limestone is replaced by the Key Largo Limestone. To the north, in Palm Beach County, the Miami Limestone grades laterally northward into the Anastasia Formation. The Miami Limestone consists of two facies, an oolitic facies and a bryozoan facies (Hoffmeister et al. [1967]). The oolitic facies consists of white to orangish gray, poorly to moderately indurated, sandy, oolitic limestone (grainstone) with scattered concentrations of fossils. The bryozoan facies consists of white to orangish gray, poorly to well indurated, sandy, fossiliferous limestone (grainstone and packstone). Beds of quartz sand are also present as unindurated sediments and indurated limey sandstones. Fossils present include mollusks, bryozoans, and corals. Molds and casts of fossils are common. The highly porous and permeable Miami Limestone forms much of the Biscayne Aquifer of the surficial aquifer system. Lithology: Major:{limestone,sandstone} Reference: Horton, J.D., C.A. San Juan, and D.B. Stoeser. The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) geodatabase of the conterminous United States. doi: 10.3133/ds1052. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1052. [133] |
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