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<strong>Rare</strong> <strong>Earth</strong> <strong>Elements</strong> <strong>Review</strong> Appendix B – REE Mines and Mineral Deposits in the U.S.<br />

State /<br />

Province Deposit Type<br />

Florida Placer, Shoreline<br />

Georgia Placer, Shoreline<br />

Georgia<br />

Florida<br />

Idaho<br />

Map<br />

Reference<br />

No (Figure<br />

3-1) Deposit Name Status Company Comments<br />

439 Green Cove<br />

Springs<br />

Active mine<br />

(1999); Past<br />

byproduct<br />

monazite<br />

producer<br />

Westralian<br />

Sands<br />

(1999)<br />

Orris, et<br />

al. a<br />

Long, et<br />

al. b<br />

Gupta,<br />

et al. c<br />

Schüler,<br />

et al. d<br />

Stopped producing mon in 1994. � � � —<br />

495 Maxville Occurrence — Extension <strong>of</strong> Green Cove Springs deposit. � � � —<br />

575 Trail Ridge<br />

(Highland Trail<br />

Ridge, Starke<br />

Trail Ridge)<br />

Occurrence DuPont Marine placer. � � — —<br />

377 Boulougne Past producer Humphrey's Deposit is exhausted.<br />

Mining Co.<br />

(1979)<br />

� �<br />

580 Vero Beach Past small Riz Mineral<br />

— � � — —<br />

producer<br />

byproduct<br />

mon<br />

Co. (1945)<br />

382 Brunswick-<br />

Altamaha<br />

Occurrence — Marine placer. � � � —<br />

411 Cumberland Occurrence — Barrier island. In National Park so development � � � —<br />

Island<br />

unlikely.<br />

428 Folkston Past producer Humphrey's Deposit exhausted.<br />

Mining Co.<br />

(1979)<br />

� � —<br />

Placer, Shoreline<br />

611<br />

388<br />

Yulee<br />

Cabin Bluff<br />

—<br />

Occurrence<br />

—<br />

—<br />

—<br />

—<br />

�<br />

�<br />

�<br />

� —<br />

—<br />

—<br />

Carbonatite 68 North Fork area — — � � — —<br />

337 Indian Creek Occurrence — Includes Wilkey Evans and Reese Esker claims, � � — —<br />

District<br />

Radiant group.<br />

339 Lemhi Pass Occurrence — Veins. Thorium is dominant mineralization. � � � —<br />

Metamorphic 340 Mineral Hill<br />

District<br />

Occurrence — — � � — —<br />

341 Monumental<br />

Summit<br />

Occurrence — — � � — —<br />

B-3

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