Maxville Tract

Producer in Clay county in Florida, United States with commodities Aluminum, REE, Titanium, Zirconium
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. 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. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10192216
MAS/MILS ID 0120190020
Record type Site
Current site name Maxville Tract

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.04155, 30.16693 (WGS84)
Elevation 60
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clay(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maxville(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Florida Clay

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Tallahassee 004 S 022 E Florida

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
REE Critical Tertiary
Titanium Critical Primary
Zirconium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Unknown
Rutile Unknown
Staurolite Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -82.04155, 30.16693

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 15.25M
    Length 11300M
    Width 3250M
    Area 2600HA
    Depth to top 0.3M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #2 MANTLELIKE
    Type of Orebody #3 STRATIFORM
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2600
    Date of Last Modification 901218

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Dredging
Milling method Magnetic And Electrostatic

Mining district

District name Trail Ridge

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner E. I. Dupont De Nemours And Co., Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Delaware
    Year 1990

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Measured 165200000mt ore
    Demonstrated 165200000mt ore
    Total resources 165200000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Titanium TiO2 1.7 wt-pct Titanium Major 1994
    Zirconium ZrO2 0.52 wt-pct Zirconium Minor 1994

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • TRACT WAS ORIGINALLY OWNED BY NL INDUSTRIES AND HAD SEQ.# 012019000_. ADIT UPDATE, JAN 1993: ADIT AND Q-MATRIX 2 RESERVES ARE AN ESTIMATE BASED ON MINE LIFE AND CAPACITY INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE COMPANY. THE GRADE IS AN AVERAGE FOR ALL DUPONT MINES IN THE AREA, AND MAYBE SOMEWHAT HIGH FOR THIS PROPERTY. THIS PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY INACTIVE BUT EXPECTED TO BEGIN OPERATIONS VERY SOON.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2600HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method DREDGING
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Avg. Overburden Thickness .3
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 15.3
    Capacity 39000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 380000
    Unit Production Cost .63
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 360
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic 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 PONT'S HEAVY MINERAL

  • Deposit

    MINES IN FLORIDA. MILLING METHODS IN THE AMERICAS. N.

  • Deposit

    ARBITER, 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.

  • Deposit

    PREAPPLICATION DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION MAXVILLE MINE. BY E.

  • Deposit

    I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS & COMPANY, INC. JUNE 30, 1987,

  • Deposit

    45 PP.

  • Deposit

    DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL IMPACT APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT

  • Deposit

    APPROVAL UNDER SECTION 380.06 (6) FLORIDA STATUTES.

  • Deposit

    BY E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS & COMPANY, INC. DEC. 1987.

  • Deposit

    DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT FOR

  • Deposit

    MAXVILLE MINE.

  • Deposit

    RESPONSES TO SECOND REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION -

  • Deposit

    DUPONT MAXVILLE MINE - DRI/ADA FILED DEC. 1987, BY E.I.

  • Deposit

    DUPONT DE NEMOURS & COMPANY, INC. JUNE 1988, 35 PP.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING MAGAZINE, SEPTEMBER 1990, P. 234.

  • Deposit

    E&MJ, MARCH 1990, P. 16K.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-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.