Oolitic hematite - Clinton Iron Formation stretching from New York to Alabama. Most famous locality is Red Mountain near Birmingham, Alabama. It can occur as thick tabular crystals, but more commonly occurs as small interstitial grains in igneous rocks. Occurrence - Common accessory mineral in igneous rocks. Sometimes called Adirondak titanium deposits due to the large number of occurrences there.
Ilmenite occurs in massive pod-shaped layers of magnetite, ilmenite, hematite and spinel.
One such deposit occurs in Azusa Canyon. All of these ore bodies were formed between 1.3 and 1.7 BY ago. The must famous is at Telnes, Norway. Placer - Beach sands mined at many localities in Florida. Ilmenite is one of the many heavy minerals that accumulate in the beach sands.