Commodities
PrimaryStaurolite, Titanium, Zirconium
Commodity typeB
Materials
Other materialsIlmenite, Kyanite, Quartz, Rutile, Sillimanite, Staurolite, Tourmaline, Zircon
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1949
Discovery year1946
Identification
Deposit ID10288842
MRDS IDISM0601
Alternate namesTrail Ridge Mine, Du Pont Florida Plant, Du Pont Florida Mine and Plant
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates29.91274, -82.03125
References
CALVER, J.L. MINING AND MINERAL RESOURCES. FLORIDA GEOL.SURVEY BULL. NO. 39, 1957, PP. 15-33.CARPENTER, J.H., ET AL. MINING AND CONCENTRATION OF ILMEN-ITE AND ASSOCIATED MINERALS AT TRAIL RIDGE, FLORIDA.MIN. ENG., V. 5, AUGUST 1953, PP. 789-795.CLARK, W.E., ET AL. INTERIM REPORT ON THE WATER RESOURCESOF ALACHUA, BRADFORD, CLAY, AND UNION COUNTIES,FLORIDA. FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INFORMATION CIRCULAR NO.36, 1962, P. 62.GROGAN, R.M., ET AL. MILLING AT DU PONT'S HEAVY MINERALMINES IN FLORIDA. MILLING METHODS IN THE AMERICAS. N.ARBITAR, ED., GORDON AND BREACH, NEW YORK, 1964,PP. 205-229.ROBERTS, A.E. HOW NEW $3,000,000 HIGHLAND PLANT RECOVERSTITANIFEROUS MINERALS. MIN. WORLD, OCTOBER 1955,PP. 52-55, 72.