Rare Earth Directory

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Rare earth mines, projects and companies in Florida

Florida has 1 tracked rare earth mine or project: Starke mineral sands operation. None is a primary rare earth mine: 1 yielding a rare earth mineral as a by-product.

Heavy mineral sands mining in Florida yields monazite, a rare earth phosphate mineral, as a by-product, but the state has no primary rare earth mine.

The USGS also describes Florida and Georgia beach placers in Florida as a historic or prospect rare earth deposit that is not tracked as a project here; see historic and prospect deposits.

Verified through Oct 1, 2026

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Starke: Other commodity with rare earth by-product or plan Starke
Pins mark an area or a city, not a surveyed point. Circles are mines and projects, squares are plants and mills.
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Which rare earth mines and plants are in Florida?

Starke mineral sands operation is the only site tracked in Florida, and it is a mine of another commodity with a rare earth by-product. The table gives the owner and the next step for each.

Tracked rare earth mines, projects, mills and plants in Florida, by status
SiteLayerStatusOwner or operatorNext step or status note
Starke mineral sands operationStarke, FloridaMines and projectsOther commodityChemoursMine and mineral separation at Starke; monazite is a co-product

Mines and projects link to their own profile. Plants link to the profile of the company that operates them. See the map page for how precise each pin is.

Verified Oct 1, 2026

Which rare earth companies are based or building in Florida?

Chemours (Starke mineral sands operation) is tracked in Florida.

Rare earth companies, pilots and institutions tracked in Florida
CompanyWhy it is in FloridaRoleListingGovernment support
ChemoursStarke mineral sands operationChemours mines heavy mineral sands in Florida for titanium and zirconium minerals, and monazite is a by-product. USGS notes that US monazite comes from heavy-mineral-sand concentrates in the southeast, and Florida has no primary rare earth mine.Titanium and zirconium producer; monazite by-productNYSE: CCNone recorded

A company with several sites appears on each state page where it has one. Companies without a link have no profile yet. Government support is the company-wide summary and is not allocated to a state.

Which neighboring states have rare earth projects?

Georgia borders Florida and has tracked rare earth sites, companies or pilots.

All states: rare earth mines, projects and companies by US state.

Questions about rare earth in Florida

Does Florida have rare earth mines?

Florida has 1 tracked rare earth mine or project: Starke mineral sands operation (a mine of another commodity with a rare earth by-product). None is a primary rare earth mine, and the only active primary rare earth mine in the United States is Mountain Pass in California.

Which rare earth companies are based or building in Florida?

Chemours (Starke mineral sands operation) is tracked in Florida.

Sources and verification

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