Gold Head Mine

Producer in Clay county in Florida, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10191698
MAS/MILS ID 0120190005
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Head Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.97095, 29.82524 (WGS84)
Elevation 41

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clay(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Head Branch(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 008 S 023 E 02 W2SE Florida

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.97095, 29.82524

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Florida Rock Industries
    ID 800263
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA INSPECTORS 1978

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 5/18/81

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81.

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH PLANT, SEQ. NO. 0120199005.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) 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)

StatusActive since 06/02/1998
MSHA mine ID0800263
Mine name (MSHA)Goldhead Sand Plant
Current operatorFlorida Rock Industries Inc
Current controller (parent)Vulcan Materials Company
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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