Perquimans

Occurrence in Perquimans county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Titanium, Metal, Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. General comments
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068571
MRDS ID W001696
Record type Site
Current site name Perquimans

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.49967, 36.25008 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Perquimans(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chapanoke(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elizabeth City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Norfolk(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Albemarle(hydrologic unit)

Albemarle-Chowan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Chowan-Roanoke(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Perquimans

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.49967, 36.25008

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, LLOYD, 1964, TITANIUM DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. CONSERV. AND DEVELOP., DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES INF. CIRC. 19, 51 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOUR DRILL HOLES, AT LOCATIONS TOO INDEFINITE TO RECORD ON A MAP, SHOWED AN AVERAGE HEAVY MINERAL CONTENT OF 3%, WHILE UPPER 13 FT. AVERAGED ABOUT 4.4%. THERE WERE 81.0 LB CONCENTRATES PER CU. YD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1972 Cooper, Margaret U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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