GLY4155C - FINAL EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
What is the economic impact of Florida's mining industry to the state? - Answer
Contribute 5.47 billion to GDP
About how many people are employed directly in FL mining? Indirectly? - Answer 62,270
people total
18,630 people directly in 2012
43,640 people indirectly
What are the materials mined here in Florida? - Answer clay, heavy minerals, limestone,
peat, sand, shell
In what materials (non place-value) is Florida a significant contributor on a national or
global scale? - Answer non-fuel minerals
For which commodity(ies) is Florida the #1 US producer? Which other ones do we have a
significant impact - Answer #1 producer in phosphate; followed by crushed stone,
cement, heavy minerals, sand and gravel, and peat
Where is most of the phosphate mining done? - Answer central florida
From what age strata are these materials being extracted? - Answer Deposited in the
Miocene and reworked/concentrated in the Pliocene
What conditions allowed these economically extractable phosphate deposits to form? -
Answer upwelling during the Miocene
Was Florida the only place where concentrated phosphate deposition occurred at this
time? - Answer Richest Phosphate deposits in Bone Valley Member of Peace River Fm
which is apart of the Hawthorn group
From what kinds of deposits are heavy minerals mined (an example would be the Trail
Ridge deposit)? When and how did these deposits form? - Answer Plio-Pleistocene
beach ridges (ex. trail ridge); Major product is titanium ores and secondary are zircon,
Monazite, and Staurolite
What is peat? Where is it found in Florida? - Answer Peat is used in horticultural
applications proposed as a power plant fuel; It is abundant in S. Florida
To What extent is Florida a player in overall US Petroleum production? - Answer 6000
barrels/day (US >9,000,000 barrels/day
What are the strata associated with petroleum exploration? When did they form? -
STUDY GUIDE
What is the economic impact of Florida's mining industry to the state? - Answer
Contribute 5.47 billion to GDP
About how many people are employed directly in FL mining? Indirectly? - Answer 62,270
people total
18,630 people directly in 2012
43,640 people indirectly
What are the materials mined here in Florida? - Answer clay, heavy minerals, limestone,
peat, sand, shell
In what materials (non place-value) is Florida a significant contributor on a national or
global scale? - Answer non-fuel minerals
For which commodity(ies) is Florida the #1 US producer? Which other ones do we have a
significant impact - Answer #1 producer in phosphate; followed by crushed stone,
cement, heavy minerals, sand and gravel, and peat
Where is most of the phosphate mining done? - Answer central florida
From what age strata are these materials being extracted? - Answer Deposited in the
Miocene and reworked/concentrated in the Pliocene
What conditions allowed these economically extractable phosphate deposits to form? -
Answer upwelling during the Miocene
Was Florida the only place where concentrated phosphate deposition occurred at this
time? - Answer Richest Phosphate deposits in Bone Valley Member of Peace River Fm
which is apart of the Hawthorn group
From what kinds of deposits are heavy minerals mined (an example would be the Trail
Ridge deposit)? When and how did these deposits form? - Answer Plio-Pleistocene
beach ridges (ex. trail ridge); Major product is titanium ores and secondary are zircon,
Monazite, and Staurolite
What is peat? Where is it found in Florida? - Answer Peat is used in horticultural
applications proposed as a power plant fuel; It is abundant in S. Florida
To What extent is Florida a player in overall US Petroleum production? - Answer 6000
barrels/day (US >9,000,000 barrels/day
What are the strata associated with petroleum exploration? When did they form? -
