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Green Cove Springs Deposit

Producer in Putnam county in Florida, United States with commodities Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, REE, Thorium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024975
MRDS ID ISM0727
Record type Site
Current site name Green Cove Springs Deposit
Related records 10239895

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.68317, 29.83357 (WGS84)
Relative position INTERSECTION WITH COUNTY LINE19KM LONG, 1KM WIDE"LOCATED ON THE DUVAL UPLAND IN NE FLORIDA, ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF GREEN COV"E SPRINGS ALONG ROUTE 17.PLACER, MARINE"

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Putnam(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bostwick(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Augustine(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Daytona Beach(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower St. Johns(hydrologic unit)

St. Johns(hydrologic accounting unit)

St. Johns(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Florida Putnam

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Zirconium Critical Primary
REE Critical Primary
Thorium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TITANIUM

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Monazite Ore
Rutile Ore
Zircon Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.68317, 29.83357
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Shoreline

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0.5M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; ALTERED ILMN (64% TIO2) + RUTL + LCXN + ZRCN + MNZT (+ QRTZ); THE DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF A NUMBER OF STRANDLINES CONTAINING NON INDURATED SAND AND A HIGH PROPORTION OF HUMUS MATERIAL. IT IS 16M THICK. THE GRADE OF HEA VY MINERALS VARIES FROM 2-5%, WITH SMALL LENSE (LESS THAN 60M LONG) CONTAINING" 40% HM. THE HM SUITE CONSITS OF 60-70% ILMN + LCXN, 10% RUTL, AND UP TO 10% " THE ILMENITE CONTAINS 62-66% TIO2

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1969
Year of first production 1972
Year of last production 1986

Mining district

District name Northeast Floridaclay, Putnam"

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Associated Minerals Consolidated (AMC)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Union Camp

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO 2011UNAVAILABLE. MAX. CAPACITY

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1984
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Titanium, Metal TiO2 1.3 wt-pct Titanium Major 1984

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFERRED RESOURCES FROM ALL FLORIDA SAND DEPOSITS BUT PROBABLY MAINLY FROM GREEN COVE SPRINGS AND HIGHLAND DEPOSITS.PIRKLE, E.C., PIRKLE, W.A., AND YOHO, W.H., 1974, THE GREEN COVE SPRINGS AN" D BOULOGNE HEAVY MINERAL SAND DEPOSITS OF FLORIDA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 69, N" O., P. 1129-1137."INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1980, AMA TAKES UP GREEN COVE SPRINGS OPTION: JUNE, P". 14-15.US BUREAU OF MINES, 1942-84, MINERALS YEARBOOK (1939-82): WASHINGTON, D.C." , US GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, 106V."FANTEL, R.J., ET AL, 1986, TITANIUM MINERALS AVAILABILITY - MARKET ECONOMY " COUNTRIES, US BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 9061, 48 P."TOWNER, ROY, 1985, MINERAL SANDS = TRAIL RIDGE, FLORIDA, MINERAL INTELLIGEN" CE REPORT, BUREAU OF MINERAL RESOURCES, AUSTRALIA (PERS. COMMUNICATION WITH DU"PONT).
  • REFERS TO DEMONSTRATED RESERVES AT BOTH THE HIGHLAND AND GREEN COVE SPRINGS DEPOSITS, AND ALL OTHER FLORIDA DEPOSITS."

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). DEVELOPMENT(YES); EXPLORATION(YES); ASSESSMENT(A SYNTHETIC RUTILE PLANT MAY BE BUILT IN THE FUTURE.); ALL THE ILMENITE AND LEUCOXENE IS SOLD TO DUPONT AND IS PROBABLY USED IN T HEIR CHLORIDE ROUT TIO2 PLANTS. UP TO 30,000 TPA ZIRCON AND 800 TPA MONAZITE "ARE ALSO PRODUCED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). DREDGE 0.5M TOPSOIL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1986 Force, Eric R. U.S. Geological Survey

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