Mine detail: Melbourne-Palm Bay Placer

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

28.069, -80.61851

Resource(M)

Primary:	Titanium-Heavy Minerals
Ore:	Staurolite, Kyanite, Zircon, Rutile, Leucoxene, Ilmenite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host type:	Sand and Gravel
Structure:	Beach Ridge

References

MRDS	W001367
DEP	10068355
Reference	{Deposit:: CALVER 1957 FLA GEOL GURV 3}{Deposit:: Pirkle, E.C., And Yoho, W.H., 1970, The Heavy Mineral Ore Body Of Trail Ridge, Florida: Economic Geology, V., 65, Pp. 17-30.Pirkle, E.C., And Yoho, W.H., 1970, The Heavy Mineral Ore Body Of Trail Ridge, Florida: Economic Geology, V., 65, Pp. 17-30.}
Reporter	Nicholson, S.W., Force, Eric R.