Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Clear Spring Mine, Homeland, 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: 9995
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-9995.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Clear Spring Mine, Homeland, Central Florida Phosphate District (Bone Valley), Polk Co., Florida, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 27°51'55"N
Longitude: 81°48'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.865277777778,-81.813888888889

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	Apatite	Arseniosiderite	Beraunite	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Cristobalite	Diaspore
Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	None	Oxalate	Phosphosiderite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rockbridgeite	Strunzite
Sulphur	Symplesite	Vivianite	Wardite	Wavellite

Cacoxenite ()*	Calcite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Cyrilovite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Eleonorite ()*	Ferrostrunzite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorwavellite ()*
Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Metavivianite ()*	Millisite ()*	Mitridatite ()*
Opal ()*	Phosphosiderite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rockbridgeite ()*
Siderite ()*	Strengite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Variscite ()*	Vivianite ()*
Wavellite ()*	Whewellite ()*

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Apatite Arseniosiderite Beraunite Calcite Clay Corundum Cristobalite Diaspore
Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite None Oxalate Phosphosiderite Pyrite Quartz Rockbridgeite Strunzite
Sulphur Symplesite Vivianite Wardite Wavellite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	16	3.6	280
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	16	3.6	27770
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	16	3.6	310
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	16	3.6	453
Cyrilovite ()*	Wardite	NaFe³⁺₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄·2H₂O	16	3.6	60
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	16	3.6	9895
Eleonorite ()*	Beraunite	Fe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄O(OH)₄·6H₂O	16	3.6	51
Ferrostrunzite ()*	Strunzite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·6H₂O	16	3.6	19
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	16	3.6	2740
Fluorwavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₂F·5H₂O	16	3.6	26
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	16	3.6	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	16	3.6	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	16	3.6	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	16	3.6	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	16	3.6	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	16	3.6	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	16	3.6	5674
Metavivianite ()*	Symplesite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·6H₂O	16	3.6	26
Millisite ()*	Wardite	NaCaAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₉·3H₂O	16	3.6	12
Mitridatite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(PO₄)₃·3H₂O	16	3.6	129
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	16	3.6	2994
Phosphosiderite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	16	3.6	182
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	16	3.6	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	16	3.6	61156
Rockbridgeite ()*	Rockbridgeite	(Fe²⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)₂Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₃(OH)₅	16	3.6	206
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	16	3.6	6417
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	16	3.6	263
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	16	3.6	2045
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	16	3.6	301
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	16	3.6	636
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	16	3.6	374
Whewellite ()*	Oxalate	Ca(C₂O₄)·H₂O	16	3.6	66

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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