Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Polk Co., Florida, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 21674
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21674.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Polk Co., Florida, USA": 69
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 61

Number of Child Localities: 32
Child Localities:
Bradley Junction
C C Calhoun Pit 7
CEMEX Lake Wales Mine
Central Florida Phosphate District (Bone Valley)
Early Davis - Davis Mine
Ged Mining - Tice Pit
Haines City Mine
Hanton Quarry (Hampton Quarry)
IMC Fertilizer; Inc. - Morrell Limerock Mine
Irby Oaks Fill And Clay - Oaks Mine
Kathleen Mine
Land Pebble Phosphate District
Macasphalt - Auburndale
New Wales
Owl's Nest - Woodley Clay Pit
Piper Land Clearing; Inc. - Piper Mine
Plant City
Polk City Clay Pit
Polk County Mine
Ridgewood Mine
Scanamerican Holdings - Green Valley Clay Mine
Scanamerican Holdings - Green Valley Soil Mine
South Florida Phosphate District
Unnamed Diatomate Prospect (MRDS - 10288756)
Unnamed Diatomite Deposit (MRDS - 10119015)
Unnamed Diatomite Deposit (MRDS - 10216092)
Unnamed Diatomite Deposit (MRDS - 10265198)
Unnamed Diatomite Deposit (MRDS - 10265300)
Unnamed Diatomite Prospect (MRDS - 10119005)
Unnamed Diatomite Prospect (MRDS - 10168107)
Unnamed Diatomite Prospect (MRDS - 10191911)
Unnamed Diatomite Prospect (MRDS - 10241211)

Latitude: 27°58'55"N
Longitude: 81°47'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.981944444444,-81.783888888889

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Andalusite	Apatite	Arseniosiderite	Autunite	Beraunite	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Corundum	Cristobalite	Diaspore	Epidote	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Lipscombite	Marcasite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Oxalate	Palygorskite	Phosphosiderite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rockbridgeite	Rutile	Sepiolite	Smectite-vermiculite
Spinel	Staurolite	Strunzite	Sulphur	Symplesite	Titanite	Topaz	Vivianite	Wardite	Wavellite
Zircon

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 F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti U Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Andalusite Apatite Arseniosiderite Autunite Beraunite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite
Corundum Cristobalite Diaspore Epidote Gypsum Kaolinite Lipscombite Marcasite Mica None
Not in a structural group Oxalate Palygorskite Phosphosiderite Pyrite Quartz Rockbridgeite Rutile Sepiolite Smectite-vermiculite
Spinel Staurolite Strunzite Sulphur Symplesite Titanite Topaz Vivianite Wardite Wavellite
Zircon

52 IMA Minerals at location:

Andalusite ()*	Autunite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*	Calcite ()*	Corundum ()*
Crandallite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Cyrilovite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Eleonorite ()*
Epidote ()*	Ferrostrunzite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorwavellite ()*	Gibbsite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Heklaite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Lechatelierite ()*	Lipscombite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Metavivianite ()*	Millisite ()*	Mitridatite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Phosphosiderite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rockbridgeite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Spinel ()*	Staurolite ()*	Strengite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Variscite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Wavellite ()*
Whewellite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	16	3.6	1	200227	1310
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	16	3.6	2	200227,200245	1272
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	16	3.6	4	200236,200245,200246,200247	280
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	16	3.6	2	200236,200237	27770
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	16	3.6	1	200227	1797
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	16	3.6	4	200236,200237,200245,200246	310
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	16	3.6	1	200236	453
Cyrilovite ()*	Wardite	NaFe³⁺₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄·2H₂O	16	3.6	1	200236	60
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	16	3.6	14	200232,200233,200236,200237,200241,200244,200246,200262,200263,200264,200265,200266,200267,200268	9895
Eleonorite ()*	Beraunite	Fe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄O(OH)₄·6H₂O	16	3.6	4	200236,200245,200246,200247	51
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	16	3.6	1	200227	8173
Ferrostrunzite ()*	Strunzite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·6H₂O	16	3.6	1	200236	19
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	16	3.6	5	200236,200237,200245,200246,200275	2740
Fluorwavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₂F·5H₂O	16	3.6	1	200236	26
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	16	3.6	1	200236	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	16	3.6	5	200236,200237,200245,200246,200247	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	16	3.6	1	200236	6890
Heklaite ()*	None	KNaSiF₆	16	3.6	1	200227	3
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	16	3.6	1	200236	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	16	3.6	1	200227	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	16	3.6	2	200236,200245	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	16	3.6	3	200227,200236,200237	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	16	3.6	1	200227	1507
Lechatelierite ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂			3	200225,200226,200256	62
Lipscombite ()*	Lipscombite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	16	3.6	1	200245	47
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	16	3.6	1	200236	5674
Metavivianite ()*	Symplesite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·6H₂O	16	3.6	1	200236	26
Millisite ()*	Wardite	NaCaAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₉·3H₂O	16	3.6	3	200236,200237,200245	12
Mitridatite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(PO₄)₃·3H₂O	16	3.6	2	200236,200245	129
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	16	3.6	5	200227,200232,200233,200241,200244	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	16	3.6	1	200227	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	16	3.6	11	200236,200237,200283,200284,200285,200286,200287,200288,200289,200290,200291	2994
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	16	3.6	1	200227	306
Phosphosiderite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	16	3.6	1	200236	182
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	16	3.6	1	200236	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	16	3.6	6	200232,200233,200236,200237,200241,200244	61156
Rockbridgeite ()*	Rockbridgeite	(Fe²⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)₂Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₃(OH)₅	16	3.6	3	200236,200245,200246	206
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	16	3.6	1	200227	5614
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	16	3.6	1	200227	241
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	16	3.6	1	200236	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	16	3.6	1	200227	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	16	3.6	1	200227	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	16	3.6	1	200227	978
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	16	3.6	2	200236,200245	263
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	16	3.6	1	200236	2045
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	16	3.6	1	200227	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	16	3.6	1	200227	1476
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	16	3.6	2	200236,200245	301
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	16	3.6	2	200236,200247	636
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	16	3.6	5	200236,200237,200241,200245,200247	374
Whewellite ()*	Oxalate	Ca(C₂O₄)·H₂O	16	3.6	1	200236	66
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	16	3.6	1	200227	5251

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									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
R090034	Central Florida Phosphate District (Bone Valley), Polk Co., Florida, USA	https://rruff.info/R090034

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