Albermarle Sound

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. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068572
MRDS ID W001697
Record type Site
Current site name Albermarle Sound

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.41634, 35.95008 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Perquimans(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Leonards Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Plymouth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rocky Mount(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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Ilmenite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.41634, 35.95008

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 IN 1942 DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND CO. OBTAINED A NON-EXCLUSIVE LEASE TO PROSPECT FOR ILMENITE IN AND ALONG ALBERMARLE SOUND.

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.