Bradley Junction, Polk Co., Florida, USA
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 27° 47' 35'' North , 81° 58' 41'' West |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 27.79333,-81.97833 |
GeoHash: | G#: dhvwne95y |
Locality type: | Census-designated Place |
Köppen climate type: | Cfa : Humid subtropical climate |
Other/historical names associated with this locality: | Bradley |
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No minerals currently recorded for this locality.
Regional Geology
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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] |
Pliocene - Middle Miocene 2.588 - 15.97 Ma ID: 2815660 | Hawthorn Group, Peace River Formation, Bone Valley Member Age: Neogene (2.588 - 15.97 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Bone Valley Member Description: The Bone Valley Member (originally the Bone Valley Formation of Matson and Clapp, 1909), Peace River Formation occurs in a limited area on the southern part of the Ocala Platform in Hillsborough, Polk and Hardee Counties. Throughout its extent, the Bone Valley Member is a clastic unit consisting of sand-sized and larger phosphate grains in a matrix of quartz sand, silt and clay. The lithology is highly variable, ranging from sandy, silty, phosphatic clays and relatively pure clays to clayey, phosphatic sands to sandy, clayey phosphorites (Webb and Crissinger, 1983). In general, consolidation is poor and colors range from white, light brown and yellowish gray to olive gray and blue green. Mollusks are found as reworked, often phosphatized casts. Vertebrate fossils occur in many of the beds within the Bone Valley Member. Shark's teeth are often abundant. Silicified corals and wood are occasionally present as well. The Bone Valley Member is an extremely important, unique phosphate deposit and has provided much of the phosphate production in the United States during the twentieth century. Mining of phosphate in the outcrop area began in 1888 (Cathcart, 1985) and continues to the present. Lithology: Major:{sand,clay,phosphorite}, Minor:{silt} 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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Localities in this RegionShow map
- Florida
- Polk Co.
- Bradley Junction
- Polk Co.