Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Fort Meade Mine Gardinier (Tencor; Fort Meade), Central Florida Phosphate District (Bone Valley), Polk Co., Florida, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 16
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3.6

mindat Locality ID: 154769
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-154769.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fort Meade Mine Gardinier (Tencor; Fort Meade), Central Florida Phosphate District (Bone Valley), Polk Co., Florida, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 27°41'13"N
Longitude: 81°50'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.686944444444,-81.846944444444

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Clay	None	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al C Ca H Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca H Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay None Quartz Smectite-vermiculite

3 IMA Minerals at location:

Dolomite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	16	3.6	9895
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	16	3.6	1508
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	16	3.6	61156

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_815	Whewellite is found in the Clear Spring Mine, a phosphate deposit of the Bone Valley Formation

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Michelle_815	16	3.6	Mid-Miocene to Mid-Pliocene	stratigraphy	Age of Bone Valley Formation					Yes				221028	Central Florida Phosphate District (Bone Valley), Polk Co., Florida, USA	Central Florida Phosphate District	Courtney et al. (2012)		SGSFTG67_1	Age of Central Florida Phosphate District in the Bone Valley Formation.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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