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Green Cove Springs

Producer in Clay county in Florida, United States with commodities Titanium, Zirconium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10143247
MRDS ID ISM0758
MAS/MILS ID 0120190002
Record type Site
Current site name Green Cove Springs
Alternate or previous names Titanium Enterprises, Inc., Green Cove Springs Mine, Gamble Tract, Rgc Usa Mineral Sands Inc.
Related records 60000865

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.70814, 29.86694 (WGS84)
Elevation 34
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clay(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 Clay

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Tallahassee 007 S 026 E 28 Florida

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium Critical Primary
Zirconium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Epidote Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Ilmenite Unknown
Kyanite Unknown
Monazite Unknown
Olivine Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Rutile Unknown
Sillimanite Unknown
Staurolite Unknown
Tourmaline Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.70814, 29.86694
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 11.3M
    Length 6700M
    Width 1680M
    Depth to top 0.3M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top .2
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .2
    Date of Last Modification 871008
  • Thickness 11.3M
    Length 11300M
    Width 1530M
    Depth to top 0.3M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 2
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top .2
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .2
    Date of Last Modification 871008
  • Area 2850HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2850
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1955
Mining method Dredging
Year of first production 1972
Milling method Magnetic And Electrostatic

Mining district

District name Northeast Florida

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Associated Minerals Usa Inc. (Rgc Minerals Inc. Subsid)
    ID 0800477
    Interest 100
    Home office Florida
    Year 1993

Comments on the ownership information

  • TITANIUM ENTERPRISES OPERATED THE MINE FROM 1972 TO 1978 AND THE MILL FROM 1972 TO 1979.

Production statistics

  • Year 1972
    Description Monazite Conc. 61 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Zirconium Zirconium 61mt
  • Year 1972
    Description Zircon Conc. 2631 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Zirconium Zirconium 2631mt
  • Year 1972
    Description Rutile Conc. 3357 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium Titanium 3357mt
  • Year 1972
    Description Ilmenite Conc. 12701 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium Titanium 12701mt
  • Year 1973
    Description Ilmenite Conc. 32523 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium Titanium 32523mt
  • Year 1973
    Description Rutile Conc. 8396 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium Titanium 8396mt
  • Year 1973
    Description Monazite Conc. 261 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Zirconium Zirconium 261mt
  • Year 1973
    Description Zircon Conc. 13971 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Zirconium Zirconium 13971mt
  • Year 1974
    Description Zircon Conc. 10946 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Zirconium Zirconium 10946mt
  • Year 1974
    Description Monazite Conc. 108 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Zirconium Zirconium 108mt
  • Year 1974
    Description Rutile Conc. 5685 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium Titanium 5685mt
  • Year 1974
    Description Ilmenite Conc. 12107 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium Titanium 12107mt
  • Year 1975
    Description Ilmenite Conc. 30309 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium Titanium 30309mt
  • Year 1975
    Description Rutile Conc. 10354 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium Titanium 10354mt
  • Year 1975
    Description Monazite Conc. 112 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Zirconium Zirconium 112mt
  • Year 1975
    Description Zircon Conc. 11371 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Zirconium Zirconium 11371mt
  • Year 1976
    Description Monazite Conc. 137 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Zirconium Zirconium 137mt
  • Year 1976
    Description Rutile Conc. 16534 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium Titanium 16534mt
  • Year 1976
    Description Ilmenite Conc. 60087 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium Titanium 60087mt
  • Year 1977
    Description Zircon Conc. 21862 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Zirconium Zirconium 21862mt
  • Year 1977
    Description Ilmenite Conc. 16395 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium Titanium 16395mt
  • Year 1977
    Description Rutile Conc. 14619 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium Titanium 14619mt
  • Year 1977
    Description Monazite Conc. 279 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Zirconium Zirconium 279mt
  • Year 1978
    Description Monazite Conc. 445 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Zirconium Zirconium 445mt
  • Year 1978
    Description Rutile Conc. 9820 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium Titanium 9820mt
  • Year 1978
    Description Zircon Conc. 13711 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Zirconium Zirconium 13711mt
  • Year 1978
    Description Ilmenite Conc. 35951 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium Titanium 35951mt
  • Year 1979
    Description Zircon Conc. 8029 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Zirconium Zirconium 8029mt
  • Year 1979
    Description Rutile Conc. 315 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium Titanium 315mt
  • Year 1979
    Description Ilmenite Conc. 13334 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium Titanium 13334mt
  • Year 1979
    Description Monazite Conc. 436 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Zirconium Zirconium 436mt
  • Year 1979
    Description Staurolite Conc. 26216 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium Titanium 26216mt
  • Year 1980
    Description Monazite Conc. 147 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Zirconium Zirconium 147mt
  • Year 1980
    Description Staurolite Conc. 4518 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium Titanium 4518mt
  • Year 1980
    Description Zircon Conc. 6634 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Zirconium Zirconium 6634mt
  • Year 1980
    Description Rutile Conc. 4824 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium Titanium 4824mt
  • Year 1980
    Description Ilmenite Conc. 2028 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium Titanium 2028mt
  • Year 1983
    Description Zircon Conc. 17041 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Zirconium Zirconium 17041mt
  • Year 1983
    Description Monazite Conc. 446 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Zirconium Zirconium 446mt
  • Year 1983
    Description Ilmenite & Leucoxene Conc'S 45360 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium Titanium 45360mt
  • Year 1984
    Description Monazite Conc. 777 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Zirconium Zirconium 777mt
  • Year 1984
    Description Zircon Conc. 28663 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Zirconium Zirconium 28663mt
  • Year 1984
    Description Ilmenite & Leucoxene Conc'S 65379 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium Titanium 65379mt
  • Year 1985
    Description Zircon Conc. 34042 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Zirconium Zirconium 34042mt
  • Year 1985
    Description Ilmenite & Leucoxene Conc'S 139437 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium Titanium 139437mt
  • Year 1985
    Description Monazite Conc. 832 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Zirconium Zirconium 832mt
  • Year 1986
    Description Rutile Conc. 29068 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium Titanium 29068mt
  • Year 1986
    Description Ilmenite & Leucoxene Conc'S 116211 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium Titanium 116211mt
  • Year 1986
    Description Monazite Conc. 663 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Zirconium Zirconium 663mt
  • Year 1986
    Description Zircon Conc. 34749 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Zirconium Zirconium 34749mt

Comments on the production information

  • PRECISE MILL RECOVERIES ARE: RUTILE=90.1%, ILMENITE=74.4%, LEUCOXENE=31.8%, ZIRCON=85.3%, MONAZITE=22.5%, AND STAUROLITE=45.0%. THE RECOVERY FOR ALL COMMODITIES IS 82.45 PERCENT. THIS IS THE WET MILL RECOVERY OF 85 PCT AND THE DRY MILL RECOVERY OF 97 PCT.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ADIT UPDATE JAN 1994: ABOUT 15 YEARS OF MINE LIFE. ESTIMATED RESERVES ARE SHOWN IN Q-MATRIX 3, COL 1. A NEW PROPERTY IN VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA IS BEING EVALUATED BY THE COMPANY (OLD HICKORY, AUREALEAN SPRINGS, BAILY TRACT). THE COMPANY IS CURRENTLY CONDUCTING A SECOND FEASIBILITY STUDY, AND BASED ON MARKET CONDITIONS, COULD BEGIN DEVELOPMENT IN ONE TO TWO YEARS.
  • IN ASSAY SECTION: LINE 1 = RUTILE, LINE 2 = ILMENITE, LINE 3 = LEUCOXENE, LINE 4 = ZIRCON, LINE 5 = MONAZITE, . Q MATRIX 1 IS THE HENRY OREBODY WHICH IS PRESENTLY BEING MINED. Q MATRIX 2 IS THE EAST OREBODY WHICH WILL BE MINED AFTER THE HENRY OREBODY IS MINED OUT. M9C5=M2C1. Q MATRIX 9 COLUMN 4 IS THE HENRY OREBODY WHICH IS PRESENTLY BEING MINED. Q MATRIX 9 COLUMN 5 IS THE EAST OREBODY WHICH WILL BE MINED AFTER THE HENRY OREBODY IS MINED OUT. Q-MATRIX 3 COL 1 REPRESENTS RESERVES ESTIMATED FOR THE JAN 1993 UPDATE. THE RESERVES WERE ESTIMATED USING CAPACITY AND MINE LIFE. MATRIX 4, COL 1 = JAN 1994 RESERVES. GIVEN AS 15 YEAR MINE LIFE AT CURRENT (CAP) PROD. TIO2 GRADE IS WT.AVG. OF CONTAINED ILMENITE, RUTILE & LEUCOXENE. ZIRCON IS MINERAL GRADE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2850HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method DREDGING
    Avg. Overburden Thickness .3
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Capacity 18140
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost .7
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 363
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1987
  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2850HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method DREDGING
    Avg. Overburden Thickness .3
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Capacity 20730
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost .65
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 363
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1987
  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2850HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 3
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method DREDGING
    Avg. Overburden Thickness .3
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Capacity 25910
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost .61
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 363
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1987
  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2850HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 4
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method DREDGING
    Avg. Overburden Thickness .3
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Capacity 25910
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost .61
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 363
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1987

Comments on other economic factors

  • WET MILL TO DRY MILL DISTANCE WILL INCREASE UP TO 9.65 KM AS MINING PROGRESSES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BENNISON, A.P. GEOLOGICAL HIGHWAY MAP OF THE SOUTHEASTERN

  • Deposit

    REGION. AAPG MAP NO. 9, 1975.

  • Deposit

    COOKE, C.W. GEOLOGY OF FLORIDA. FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL.

  • Deposit

    NO. 29, TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA, 1945, PP. 286-291.

  • Deposit

    PIRKLE, E.C., W.A. PIRKLE, AND W.H. YOHO. THE GREEN COVE

  • Deposit

    SPRINGS AND BOULOUGNE HEAVY-MINERAL SAND DEPOSITS OF

  • Deposit

    FLORIDA. ENG. AND MIN. J., V. 69, NO. 7, NOV. 1974,

  • Deposit

    PP. 1129-1137.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-SEP-1996 Ward, Doug U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 04/25/2011
MSHA mine ID0800477
Mine name (MSHA)Iluka Resources Inc
Current operatorIluka Resources Inc.
Current controller (parent)Iluka Resources Ltd
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

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