Mine detail: Highland Deposit

Previously called 'Trail Ridge Deposit'

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Location: Clay County, Florida, United States, North America
Lat / long: 30.03357, -82.03318
dep_id: 10024976
mrds_id: ISM0728
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Ilmenite, Kyanite, Rutile, Zircon
Reporter: Force, Eric R.
hrock_type: Sand and Gravel
Year first produced: 1949
ylp_ba: >
yr_lst_prd: 1986
disc_yr: 1946
References:
  • Deposit:: PETERSON, R.C., 1966, TITANIUM RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: US BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8290, 65P.
  • Deposit:: FORCE, E.R., AND GARNAR, T.E., JR., 1985, HIGH-ANGLE AEOLIAN CROSS-BEDDING AT TRAIL RIDGE, FLORIDA: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, AUGUST, P. 55-59.
  • Deposit:: PIRKLE, E.C., YOHO, W.H., AND HENDRY, C.W., JR., 1970, ANCIENT SEA-LEVEL STANDS IN FLORIDA: FLORIDA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 52, 61P.
  • Deposit:: US BUREAU OF MINES, 1942-84, MINERALS YEARBOOK (1939-82): WASHINGTON, D.C., US GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, 106V.
  • Deposit:: ADAMS, REG, 1984, TITANIUM AND TITANIUM DIOXIDE, PUBLISHED BY FINANCIAL TIMES INFORMATION LTD, LONDON, P. 50-51.
  • Deposit:: FANTEL, R.J. ET AL, 1986, TITANIUM MINERALS AVAILABILITY MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES, US BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 9061, 48 P.
  • Deposit:: TOWNER, ROY 1985. MINERAL SANDS = TRAIL RIDGE, FLORIDA, MINERAL INTELLIGENCE REPORT, BUREAU OF MINERAL RESOURCES, AUSTRALIA (PERS. COMMUNICATION WITH DUPONT).
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