Mines in Polk County, Florida

Polk County, Florida has 170 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 63 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is phosphorus-phosphates, with 70 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Polk County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
Cypress Sand	Sand, Common	Surface	Active	MSHA
Davenport Sand Mine	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Diamond Sand Plant	Sand, Common	Surface	Active	MSHA
Flint Plant	Construction Sand and Gravel	Facility	Active	MSHA
Four Corners	Phosphate Rock	Surface	Active	MSHA
Gator Sand Mine	Sand, Common	Surface	Active	MSHA
Green Bay Mine	Sand, Common	Surface	Active	MSHA
Haines City Mine	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Lake Wales Dry Plant	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Lake Wales Sand Mine	Sand, Common	Surface	Active	MSHA
Silica Plant	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
South Fort Meade Mine	Phosphate Rock	Surface	Active	MSHA
A Tower Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Bonny Lake Mine (seminole Fert.)	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Cargill Firtilizer - South Ft. Meade	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Producer	MRDS
Clear Springs Mine	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Producer	MRDS
Csr Rinker - Davenport	Sand		Producer	MRDS
Csr Rinker - Gator	Sand		Producer	MRDS
Csr Rinker - Joshua	Sand		Producer	MRDS
Csr Rinker - Lake Wales	Sand		Producer	MRDS
E.r. Jahna Industries - Haines City Mine	Sand		Producer	MRDS
E.r. Jahna Industries - Independent Diamond	Sand		Producer	MRDS
E.r. Jahna Industries - Loughman Mine	Sand		Producer	MRDS
Florida Mining and Mat'L. - Devane Mine	Sand		Producer	MRDS
Florida Mining and Mat'L. - Van Fleet Mine	Sand		Producer	MRDS
Florida Rock Industries - Sandland Mine	Sand		Producer	MRDS
Florida Rock Industries - Sr 17a Pit	Sand		Producer	MRDS
Fort Green Mine	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Fort Meade Mine - Cargill	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Fort Meade Mine Gardinier	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Producer	MRDS
Fort Meade Mine Mobil	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Producer	MRDS
Gall Silica Mining Co. - Sr 60 Mine	Sand		Producer	MRDS
Ged Mining - Tice Pit	Clay		Producer	MRDS
Green Leaf Products - Dundee Peat	Peat		Producer	MRDS
Haines City Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Haynesworth Mine	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Producer	MRDS
Hookers Prairie Mine	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Producer	MRDS
Imc Agrico - New Wales	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Producer	MRDS
Imc Agrico - Payne Creek	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Producer	MRDS
Imc Agrico - Pebbledale	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Producer	MRDS
Kingsford Mine	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Producer	MRDS
Loughman Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Macasphalt - Auburndale	Clay		Producer	MRDS
No. 2 Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Noralyn/phosphoria Mines	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Producer	MRDS
Oak Ridge Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Owl's Nest - Woodley Clay Pit	Clay		Producer	MRDS
Payne Creek-Palmetto Mine	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Producer	MRDS
Pierce-Pebbledale	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Polk City Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Polk County Mine	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Reliable Peat - Lake Trask	Peat		Producer	MRDS
Ridgewood Mine			Producer	MRDS
Rockland Mine	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Producer	MRDS
Sandland Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Silver City Mine	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Producer	MRDS
Standard Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Standard Sand and Silica - Davenport Mine	Sand		Producer	MRDS
Standard Sand and Silica - Joshua Mine	Sand		Producer	MRDS
Standard Sand and Silica - Lake Wales Mine	Sand		Producer	MRDS
Standard Sand and Silica - Polk City Mine	Sand		Producer	MRDS
Vulcan-Ica - Polk Sand Mine	Sand		Producer	MRDS
Watson Mine	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Producer	MRDS
Anchor Investment - Fair-Anchor Mine	Sand		Unknown	MRDS
Auburndale Terminal	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Bartow Cargill	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Processing Plant	Plant	MRDS
Bartow Cargill 2	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Processing Plant	Plant	MRDS
Bartow Cf	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Processing Plant	Plant	MRDS
Bartow Mill	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Processing Plant	Plant	MRDS
Bartow Minerals Corp Mill	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Processing Plant	Plant	MRDS
Bartow Ussac	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Processing Plant	Plant	MRDS
Bonny Lake Mine	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Plant	MRDS
C Tower Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Clear Springs	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Conrad Sand	Sand, Common	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Cristina Reserve	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Davenport Shops	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Facility	Abandoned	MSHA
Davenport Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Debris Deposits	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Prospect	MRDS
Devane Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Dot Bartow Office - I-4 Mine	Sand		Unknown	MRDS
Early Davis - Davis Mine	Clay		Unknown	MRDS
Fort Green	Phosphate Rock	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Ft Meade Mine	Phosphate Rock	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Florida Mining and Mat'Ls - Devane Mine	Sand		Unknown	MRDS
Florida Mining and Mat'Ls - Van Fleet Mine	Sand		Unknown	MRDS
Florida Rock Industries, Inc. - Sandland Mine	Sand		Unknown	MRDS
Florida Rock Industries, Inc. - Tower Sand Mine	Sand		Unknown	MRDS
Fort Meade Mine - Mobil	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Plant	MRDS
Fort Meade Mine Mobil	Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium		Prospect	MRDS
Fridovich	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Ft. Meade Uss Ari-Chemicals Corp	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Processing Plant	Plant	MRDS
Ft. Meade Ussac	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Processing Plant	Plant	MRDS
Grove Sand	Sand, Common	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Hanton Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Haynesworth	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Plant	MRDS
Haynesworth Mine (Imc-Agrico) (amer. Cyanamid)	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Prospect	MRDS
Hookers Prairie Mine	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Hookers Prairie Mine	Phosphate Rock	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Hopewell	Phosphate Rock	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Imc Fertilizer, Inc. - Morrell Limerock Mine	Limestone, General		Unknown	MRDS
Independent Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Irby Oaks Fill and Clay - Oaks Mine	Clay		Unknown	MRDS
Kathleen Materials	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Kathleen Mine	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Kingsford	Phosphate Rock	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Kingsford Mine	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Lake Wales Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Little Payne Creek	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Little Wheels, Inc. - Wellman-Lord Trust Mine	Sand		Unknown	MRDS
Mulberry	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Mulberry Gulf-Atlantic	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Processing Plant	Plant	MRDS
Mulberry Limestone Drying Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Processing Plant	Plant	MRDS
Nichols Prep	Phosphate Rock	Facility	Abandoned	MSHA
New Wales Imc	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Processing Plant	Plant	MRDS
Nichols Imc-Agrico	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Processing Plant	Plant	MRDS
Nichols Mill	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Processing Plant	Plant	MRDS
Nichols Mine	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
No. 2 Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Noralyn	Phosphate Rock	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Noralyn/phosphoria	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Pierce	Phosphate Rock	Facility	Abandoned	MSHA
Polk Sand Plant	Sand, Common	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Palmetto Mill	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Processing Plant	Plant	MRDS
Payne Creek	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Phosphate Center/ Bartow, Fla.	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Processing Plant	Plant	MRDS
Phosphoria	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Prospect	MRDS
Pierce Drying Plant	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Processing Plant	Plant	MRDS
Pierce Farmland/hydro	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Processing Plant	Plant	MRDS
Pierce Imc-Agrico	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Processing Plant	Plant	MRDS
Piper Land Clearing, Inc. - Piper Mine	Clay		Unknown	MRDS
Polk City Clay Pit	Clay	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Polk City Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Polk County Mine	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Poseidon #1 Mine	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Rmc Bronson Mine	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Recovery One	Phosphate Rock	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Ridgewood Mill	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Processing Plant	Plant	MRDS
Rockland Mine	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Plant	MRDS
Rockland Mine (us Agri-Chem)	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Prospect	MRDS
Saddle Creek the Williams Co.)	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Prospect	MRDS
Saddle Creek - Ebersbach	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Saddle Creek Tailings Dam, Hydro	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Saddle Creek-Ebersbach Mine	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Past Producer	MRDS
Sanchez Mine	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Sandland Plant	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Scanamerican Holdings - Green Valley Clay Mine	Clay		Unknown	MRDS
Scanamerican Holdings - Green Valley Soil Mine	Clay		Unknown	MRDS
Silver City	Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium		Prospect	MRDS
Silver City	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Plant	MRDS
South Fort Meade Mine	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
South Pierce Wet Rock Process Mill	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Processing Plant	Plant	MRDS
Stuart Tract	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Prospect	MRDS
Stuart-Griffin Tracts	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Occurrence	MRDS
Sunshine Peat - Sunshine Mine	Peat		Unknown	MRDS
Tenoroc Mine	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Plant	MRDS
Transcor Wash Plant	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Unnamed Diatomate Prospect	Diatomite		Prospect	MRDS
Unnamed Diatomite Deposit	Diatomite		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Diatomite Deposit	Diatomite		Prospect	MRDS
Unnamed Diatomite Deposit	Diatomite		Prospect	MRDS
Unnamed Diatomite Deposit	Diatomite		Prospect	MRDS
Unnamed Diatomite Prosect	Diatomite		Prospect	MRDS
Unnamed Diatomite Prospect	Diatomite		Prospect	MRDS
Unnamed Diatomite Prospect	Diatomite		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Diatomite Prospect	Diatomite		Prospect	MRDS
Virginia Street Plant	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Processing Plant	Plant	MRDS
Watson	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Prospect	MRDS
Watson Mine	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Plant	MRDS
Wright Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS