Aerial gamma ray and magnetic survey: Tampa quadrangle, Florida. Final report

Technical Report · Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:6759188

The Tampa quadrangle covers 2100 square miles of land in western peninsular Florida. The area includes moderate to extremely thick sections of Cenozoic and Mesozoic platform deposits, intermediate between the Peninsula Arch and the South Florida Sedimentary Basin. Surficial exposures are comprised of Miocene to Recent deposits. Mining for phosphates is taking place in the northern portion of the area. No known uranium deposits are present within the quadrangle, but the phosphates are known to contain significantly higher than normal amounts of uranium. Statistical analysis resulted in the selection of 18 anomalies. All appear to be related to culture, but some that are associated with the phosphate region have extremely high apparent uranium values. Detailed resource study should concentrate on the phosphates and on the possibility of uranium recovery as a by-product of phosphate mining.

• Research Organization: EG and G GeoMetrics, Sunnyvale, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC13-76GJ01664
• OSTI ID: 6759188
• Report Number(s): GJBX-124(81); TRN: 81-009097
• Resource Relation: Other Information: This report contains 4 microfiche
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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