Highland Deposit

Past Producer in Clay county in Florida, United States with commodities Aluminum, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085034
MRDS ID W700471
Record type Site
Current site name Highland Deposit
Alternate or previous names Trail Ridge Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.03318, 30.03357 (WGS84)
Relative position IN NE FLORIDA, APPROX. 40 MILES SW OF JACKSONVILLE, 45 MILES INLAND.

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

Comments on the location information

  • COMPOSED OF TWO OPERATIONS, NEAR STARKE IN THE SOUTH, LAWLEY IN THE NORTH, WITH ADDITIONAL HOLDINGS N OF HIGHLAND.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Magnesite Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Analytical data

Result ILMENITE CONTAINS 64.5-65% TIO2

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.03318, 30.03357

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ANCIENT BEACH DEPOSIT COMPOSED OF WELL SORTED AND CROSS BEDDED SAND IMPREGNATED WITH HUMATE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1946
Year of first production 1949
Year of last production 1989

Mining district

District name Northeast Florida District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dupont
  • Type Owner
    Owner Leased By Dupont And Nl

Comments on the production information

  • LINE 16: MOST US RUTILE PRODUCTION DATA HAVE BEEN WITHHELD FROM TOTALS REPORTED BY THE USBM AND ARE NOT INCLUDED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LINES 1,2: INFERRED RESOURCES FROM ALL FLORIDA SAND DEPOSITS BUT PROBABLY MAINLY FROM THE HIGHLAND AND GREEN COVE SPRINGS DEPOSITS.
  • LINES 1,2: REFERS TO DEMONSTRATED RESERVES AT BOTH THE HIGHLAND DEPOSIT AND THE GREEN COVE SPRINGS DEPOSIT.

Reference information

Comments on the other database information

  • RECORD NUMBER ISM0728 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD; RECORD NUMBER ISM0601 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RANGES IN THICKNESS FROM 8-20 M. AVERAGE GRADE 2.5-3% HM. HM SUITE CONTAINS: 60% ILMENITE + LEUCOXENE, 19% RUTILE,15% ZIRCON, MINOR OTHERS.

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
Updater 31-DEC-1968 Force, Eric R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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