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Green Cove Springs Deposit

Past Producer in Clay county in Florida, United States with commodities Aluminum, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Titanium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085033
MRDS ID W700470
Record type Site
Current site name Green Cove Springs Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.69984, 29.83357 (WGS84)
Relative position ON DUVAL UPLAND IN NE FLORIDA, ABOUT 9 MILES S OF GREEN COVE SPRINGS ALONG ROUTE 17.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Putnam(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
United States Florida Putnam

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Magnesite Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Titanium Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result ALTERED ILMENITE CONTAINS 64% TIO2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) Cypresshead Formation
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1969
Year of first production 1972

Mining district

District name Northeast Florida

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Associated Minerals Consolidated (AMC)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Union Camp

Comments on the production information

  • LINE 11: MOST US RUTILE PRODUCTION DATA HAVE BEEN WITHHELD FROM TOTALS REPORTED BY USBM AND ARE NOT INCLUDED.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1984
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Titanium TiO2 1.3 wt-pct Titanium Major 1984

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LINES 1,2: RELIABLE ESTIMATES; LINES 3,4: INFERRED RESOURCES FROM ALL FLORIDA SAND DEPOSITS BUT PROBABLY MAINLY FROM GREEN COVE SPRINGS AND HIGHLAND DEPOSITS.

Reference information

Comments on the other database information

  • RECORD NUMBER ISM0758 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ISMI RECORD, 1986, GREEN COVE SPRINGS DEPOSIT

  • Production

    ISMI RECORD, 1986.

  • Deposit

    Application For D.R.I.Borden Bigfour Mine, Hills, Co., 1976 Borden Incorporated Annual Report, 1976Application For D.R.I.Borden Bigfour Mine, Hills, Co., 1976 Borden Incorporated Annual Report, 1976

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF A NUMBER OF STRANDLINES CONTAINING NON INDURATED SAND AND A HIGH PROPORTION OF HUMUS MATERIAL. IT IS 16 M THICK. GRADE OF HEAVY MINERALS VARIES FROM 2-5%, WITH SMALL LENSES (LESS THAN 60 M LONG) CONTAINING 40% HM. THE HM SUITE CONSISTS OF 60-70% ILMENITE + LEUCOXENE, 10% RUTILE, AND UP TO 10% ZIRCON. ILMENITE CONTAINS 62-66% TIO2.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Editor 04-NOV-2002 Nicholson, S.W. U.S. Geological Survey reformated date column; calculated latitude and longitude in decimal degrees; added Location Precision, Continent, Country, State, Commodity Code, Ore Minerals Code fields; changed Major Commodity fie

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