Mine detail: Trail Ridge Operation

Previously called 'Trail Ridge MineDu Pont Florida PlantDu Pont Florida Mine and Plant'

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Location: Clay County, Florida, United States, North America
Lat / long: 29.91274, -82.03125
dep_id: 10288842
mrds_id: ISM0601
mas_id: 120190001
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Staurolite, Titanium, Zirconium
Operation type: Surface
Development status: Producer
other_matl: Ilmenite, Kyanite, Quartz, Rutile, Sillimanite, Staurolite, Tourmaline, Zircon
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Daw
Year first produced: 1949
disc_yr: 1946
References:
  • Deposit:: CALVER, J.L. MINING AND MINERAL RESOURCES. FLORIDA GEOL.
  • Deposit:: SURVEY BULL. NO. 39, 1957, PP. 15-33.
  • Deposit:: CARPENTER, J.H., ET AL. MINING AND CONCENTRATION OF ILMEN-
  • Deposit:: ITE AND ASSOCIATED MINERALS AT TRAIL RIDGE, FLORIDA.
  • Deposit:: MIN. ENG., V. 5, AUGUST 1953, PP. 789-795.
  • Deposit:: CLARK, W.E., ET AL. INTERIM REPORT ON THE WATER RESOURCES
  • Deposit:: OF ALACHUA, BRADFORD, CLAY, AND UNION COUNTIES,
  • Deposit:: FLORIDA. FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INFORMATION CIRCULAR NO.
  • Deposit:: 36, 1962, P. 62.
  • Deposit:: GROGAN, R.M., ET AL. MILLING AT DU PON* HEAVY MINERAL
  • Deposit:: MINES IN FLORIDA. MILLING METHODS IN THE AMERICAS. N.
  • Deposit:: ARBITAR, ED., GORDON AND BREACH, NEW YORK, 1964,
  • Deposit:: PP. 205-229.
  • Deposit:: ROBERTS, A.E. HOW NEW $3,000,000 HIGHLAND PLANT RECOVERS
  • Deposit:: TITANIFEROUS MINERALS. MIN. WORLD, OCTOBER 1955,
  • Deposit:: PP. 52-55, 72.
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