Trail Ridge

Producer in Clay county in Florida, United States with commodities Titanium, Zirconium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000766
MRDS ID ISM0601
Record type District
Current site name Trail Ridge
Alternate or previous names Highland
Related records 10288842

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.03315, 30.03354 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATED IN NE FLORIDA, APPROX 64KM SW OF JACKSONVILLE, 72KM INLAND WITH MAX ELEVATION OF 78M ASL. INCLUDES TWO DU PONT OPERATIONS, ONE NEAR STARKE IN THE SOUTH, AND THE OTHER AT LAWLEY IN THE NORTH, AS WELL AS NL HOLDINGS NORTH OF HIGHLAND.

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium Critical Primary
Zirconium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.03315, 30.03354

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description AEOLIAN, BEACH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1946
Year of first production 1949

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner DU PONT
    Interest 100
  • Type Operator
    Owner DU PONT
    Interest 100

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FANTEL, R.J., BUCKINGHAM, D.A., SULLIVAN, D.E., 1966, TITANIUM MINERALS AVAILABILITY-MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES, A MINERALS AVAILABILITY APPRAISAL: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR. 9061, 48P.

  • Deposit

    FORCE, E.R., AND GARNAR, T.E., JR., 1985, HIGH-ANGLE AEOLIAN CROSS-BEDDING AT TRAIL RIDGE, FLORIDA: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 215, P. 55-59.

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, E.C., 1966, TITANIUM RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: US BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8290, 65P.

  • Deposit

    PIRKLE, E.C. AND YOHO, W.H., 1970, THE HEAVY MINERAL ORE OF TRIAL RIDGE, FLORIDA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY VOL. 65, NO. 1, P 17-30.

  • Deposit

    PIRKLE, E.C., PIRKLE, W.A., AND YOHO, W.H., 1974, THE GREEN COVE SPRINGS AND BOULOGNE HEAVY MINERAL SAND DEPOSITS OF FLORIDA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY VOL. 69, NO. 7, P. 1129-1137.

  • 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, 61 P.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1988, MINERALS YEARBOOK (1925-86): WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 122.

Beyond USGS

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