Otter Lake

Unknown in Richland county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Titanium, Zirconium, Thorium, 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 10068619
MRDS ID W001769
Record type Site
Current site name Otter Lake

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.6665, 34.00014 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Richland(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Leesburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Camden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Wateree(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Richland

Comments on the location information

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = AUGUSTA 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium Critical Primary
Zirconium Critical Primary
Thorium Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Monazite Ore
Zircon Ore
Rutile Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Tourmaline Gangue
Staurolite Gangue
Kyanite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Epidote Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.6665, 34.00014

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1A. WILLIAMS, LLOYD, 1967, HEAVY MINERALS IN SOUTH CAROLINA: SOUTH CAROLINA STATE DEVELOP. BOARD, DIV. GEOLOGY, BULL. 35, 35 P.

  • Deposit

    SHUFFLEBARGER, T. E., JR., 1958, TITANIUM MINERALS IN THE VALLEY OF THE WATEREE RIVER, KERSHAW, RICHLAND, AND SUMTER COUNTIES, SOUTH CAROLINA: SOUTH CAROLINA STATE DEVELOP. BOARD, DIV. GEOLOGY, MONTHLY BULL., V. 2, NO. 4, P. 23-32.

  • Deposit

    Williams, Lloyd, 1967, Heavy Minerals In South Carolina: South Carolina State Develop. Board, Div. Geology, Bull. 35, 35 P.Williams, Lloyd, 1967, Heavy Minerals In South Carolina: South Carolina State Develop. Board, Div. Geology, Bull. 35, 35 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HEAVY MINERAL CONCENTRATES IN ALLUVIUM AVERAGED 0.7% AND 18.9 LB HEAVY MINERALS PER CU. YD. MINERALS INCLUDED ILMENITE, EPIDOTE, HORNBLENDE, GARNET, KYANITE, STAUROLITE, TOURMALINE, MAGNETITE; RUTILE, ZIRCON, AND MONAZITE ARE RARE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1972 Cooper, Margaret U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-DEC-2002 Nicholson, S.W. U.S. Geological Survey Added Continent, Country, And State Fields; Formatted Fields Where Necessary

Beyond USGS

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