Ship Island Placer

Occurrence in Harrison county in Mississippi, United States with commodity Titanium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068346
MRDS ID W001352
Record type Site
Current site name Ship Island Placer
Alternate or previous names Ship Island Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -89.00004, 30.2169 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harrison(county)

Mississippi(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cat Island(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gulfport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mobile(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Mississippi Harrison

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rutile Ore
Kyanite Ore
Zircon Ore
Ilmenite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 121
USGS model code 39c
Deposit model name Shoreline placer Ti

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -89.00004, 30.2169

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sand

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEACH SAND

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HAHN 1962 BU MI RI 6024

  • Deposit

    Hahn, 1962, Bureau Of Mines Report Of Investigation 6024.Hahn, 1962, Bureau Of Mines Report Of Investigation 6024.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1973 Force, Eric U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 25-SEP-1997 Thompson, David E. Mississippi Office of Geology
Editor 01-DEC-2002 Woodruff, Laurel G. U.S. Geological Survey Consolidated Data From Old Records

Beyond USGS

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