Nichols Mine, Central Florida Phosphate Mining District (Bone Valley), Polk County, Florida, USAi
Regional Level Types | |
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Nichols Mine | Mine |
Central Florida Phosphate Mining District (Bone Valley) | Mining District |
Polk County | County |
Florida | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
27° 52' 52'' North , 82° 0' 54'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Fuller Heights | 8,758 (2011) | 3.5km |
Willow Oak | 6,732 (2011) | 3.9km |
Mulberry | 3,976 (2017) | 4.4km |
Bradley Junction | 686 (2011) | 10.1km |
Medulla | 8,892 (2011) | 10.5km |
Nearest Clubs:
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Club | Location | Distance |
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Imperial Bone Valley Gem, Mineral, & Fossil Society | Lakeland, Florida | 19km |
Tampa Bay Mineral & Science Club, Inc. | Tampa, Florida | 44km |
Mindat Locality ID:
154986
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:154986:0
GUID (UUID V4):
5271bb33-ea4c-49db-a206-bffbf63778df
REF:Deposit:: R.W. HOPPE. PHOSPHATES ARE VITAL TO AGRICULTURE AND FLORIDA MINES FOR ONE THIRD THE WORLD, IN E/MJ OPERATING HANDBOOK OF SURFACE MINING, MCGRAW-HILL INC. NEW YORK, NY, 1976, PP. 382-392.
Deposit:: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INC. EXISTING LAND USE MAP
Commodities (Major) - Phosphorus-Phosphates; (Trace) - Aluminum, Iron, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Magnesite
Development Status: Producer
Deposit Model: 244: Phosphate, warm current type
Host Rock Unit: Bone Valley, Hawthorn: Underlies Bone Valley Unconformably Yellow-Tan Dolostone
Structure: Sand, Clay, Dolomite, Phosphorite
Host Rock: Phosphorite
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ 'Apatite' Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
ⓘ 'Apatite var. Collophane' |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Unclassified | |||
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ⓘ | 'Apatite var. Collophane' | - | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
ⓘ | '' | - | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
F | Fluorine | |
F | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
P | Phosphorus | |
P | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
Cl | Chlorine | |
Cl | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
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