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Preliminary notes on distribution of uranium in the Florida pebble phosphate field and suggestions for studying and sampling

January 1, 1948

The accompanying map and sections show examples of the present state of information about the occurrence of the "Leached" uranium-bearing bed in the Florida pebble phosphate district. The dashed lines on the map define, as closely as present data permit, the limit of the area in which this bed contains significant amounts of uranium. The figures next to localities on the map indicate first, the thickness of the bed in feet; and second the uranium content in thousandths of percent. For example, the figures 16-10 next to the TVA localities in Secs. 9 and 10, T. 32 S., R. 26 E. indicate 16 feet at 0.010 percent uranium. A "0" by a locality indicates either that the uranium content is less than 0.001 percent or less than the concentration in the underlying phosphate beds (matrix of the miners) or that the leached bed is not present.

Publication Year 1948
Title Preliminary notes on distribution of uranium in the Florida pebble phosphate field and suggestions for studying and sampling
DOI 10.3133/tem73
Authors
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Series Title Trace Elements Memorandum
Series Number 73
Index ID tem73
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse