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Highland Deposit

Producer in Clay county in Florida, United States with commodities Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024976
MRDS ID ISM0728
Record type Site
Current site name Highland Deposit
Alternate or previous names Trail Ridge Deposit
Related records 10143267

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.03318, 30.03357 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clay(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lawtey(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Valdosta(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)

Federal lands

Army Installations(Branch)

Branch ARMY(Type of land area)

ARMY(Federal land areas administered by ARMY)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Florida Clay

Comments on the location information

  • POINT OF REFERENCE IS THE SITE OF KERR-MCGEE'S V-MILL THAT PROCESSES FERROPHOSPHORUS SLAG FROM ELEMENTAL PHOSPHORUS PLANTS.
  • 30KM LONG, 2KM WIDE"LOCATED IN NE FLORIDA, APPROX, 40 MILES SW OF JACKSONVILLE, 45 MILES INLAND" WITH MAXIM ELEVATION OF 78M ASL. COMPOSED OF TWO OPERATIONS, NEAR STARKE IN " THE SOUTH, AND LAWLEY IN THE NORTH, BOTH OWNED BY DU PONT. NL HAS ADDITIONAL "HOLDINGS OF THE DEPOSIT NORTH OF HIGHLAND.PLACER, MARINE"

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Zirconium Critical Primary
Kyanite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VANADIUM
  • TITANIUM

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Kyanite 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) -82.03318, 30.03357
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0.01M

Comments on the geologic information

  • WEATHERING; PLEIS TO RECENT; ALTERED ILMN + LCXN + RUTL + ZRCN + KYNT + SLMN + STRL (+ QRTZ); THE ANCIENT BEACH DEPOSIT IS COMPOSED OF WEL LSORTED AND CROSS BEDDED SAND IMPREGNATED WITH HUMATE. IT RANGES IN THICKNESS FROM 8 TO 20 M. AVERAGE GRAD E IS 2.5% TO 3% HEAVY MINERALS. HM SUITE CONTAINS: 60% ILMN + LCXN, 19% RUTL" , 15% ZRCN, AND MINOR OTHERS. ILMENITE CONTAINS 64.5-65% TIO2."
  • FOLDING AND FAULTING; LCRET; QRTZ + MSCV-ILLITE + ORGANIC MATTER + APTT; THESE ARE THE VANADIUM-RICH SHALES AND MUDSTONES IN THE UPPER PART OF THE MEADE PEAK PHOSPHATIC SHALE MEMBER, CLOSELY BELOW THE UPPER PHOSPHATE UNIT. THE VANADIUM IS PRINCIPALLY ASSOCIATED WITH ORGANIC MATTER IN A BED ABOUT 1-2 M THICK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1946
Year of first production 1949
Year of last production 1986

Mining district

District name Northeast Florida

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dupong
  • Type Owner
    Owner Dupong And Nl

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FROM THIS UNIT. NO CURRENT PRODUCTION
  • 160 000 TPA TIO2 FROM THE TWO PLANTS (RF7) PRODUCTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO 2010

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • REPRESENTS VANADIFEROUS SHALE IN APPROX. 1/2 THE AREA TO BE COVERED BY THE USGS MR-MAP SERIES FOR THE SE IDAHO PHOSPHATE FIELD. IN 1961, R.P. FISCHER (CITING V.E. MCKELVEY IN RF4) STATED THAT INFERRED RESOURCES ARE MANY TIMES LARGER THAN
  • INFERRED RESOURCES FROM ALL FLORIDA SAND DEPOSITS BUT PROBABLY MAINLY FROM THE HIGHLAND AND GREEN COVE SPRINGS DEPOSITS.PETERSON, R.C., 1966, TITANIUM RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: US BUREAU O" F MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8290, 65P."FORCE, E.R., AND GARNAR, T.E., JR., 1985, HIGH-ANGLE AEOLIAN CROSS-BEDDING " AT TRAIL RIDGE, FLORIDA: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, AUGUST, P. 55-59."PIRKLE, E.C., YOHO, W.H., AND HENDRY, C.W., JR., 1970, ANCIENT SEA-LEVEL ST" ANDS IN FLORIDA: FLORIDA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 52, 61P."US BUREAU OF MINES, 1942-84, MINERALS YEARBOOK (1939-82): WASHINGTON, D.C." , US GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, 106V."ADAMS, REG, 1984, TITANIUM AND TITANIUM DIOXIDE, PUBLISHED BY FINANCIAL TIM" ES INFORMATION LTD, LONDON, P. 50-51."FANTEL, R.J. ET AL, 1986, TITANIUM MINERALS AVAILABILITY MARKET ECONOMY COU" NTRIES, 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 DEPOSIT AND THE GREEN COVE SPRINGS DEPOSIT

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). DEVELOPMENT(YES); EXPLORATION(NO); ASSESSMENT(NL PORTION OF DEPOSIT COULD LENGTHN LIFE OR AUGMENT PRODUCTION OF THIS DEPOSIT. BUT NL HAS NO DEVELOPMENT PLANS.20% OF TIO2 PRODUCTION IS FROM ""HIGH TIO2"", A MIXTURE OF RUTILE, LEUCOXENE "AND ILMENITE (AV. 80% TIO2). THE CONCENTRATES ARE USED AT DUPONT'S CHLORIDE R OUTE TIO2 PLANTS. UP TO APPROX. 77,000 TPA ZIRCON ALSO PRODUCED. SOME BY-PR" ODUCTS (ZIRCON, STAUROLITE) ARE SOLD IN IMPURE FORM UNDER DUPONT TRADE NAMES."COMPANY PROPRIETARY MAXIMUM CAPACITY: 160,000 TPA TIO2 (RF7)"); MUCH JET DRILLING BY DUPONT OVER ENTIRE COASTAL PLAIN AS RECENTLY AS 1980
  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. ( X; DEMAND FOR VANADIUM). DEVELOPMENT(NO (AT LEAST NOT SPECIFICALLY FOR THE BLACK SHALE BED)); EXPLORATION(NO (AS ABOVE)); ASSESSMENT(DEVELOPMENT UNLIKELY UNLESS STRONG DEMAND PERMITS.); THIS VANADIUM-RICH UNIT LIES A FEW METRES BELOW THE UPPER PHOSPHATE ZONE WHICH IS PRESENTLY BEING MINED AT VARIOUS PLACES. AS A VANADIUM RESOURCE THE BLACK SHALE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY FROM THE PHOSPHATE (FROM WHICH V2O5 IS CURRENTLY BEING SEPARATED).

Reference information

Bibliographic 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).

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 12.15CM
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.). NOT MINED SHALLOW
Deposit First Production Year: NO PRODUCTION

Reporter information

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

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