Becker Sand and Gravel Co.

Unknown in Chesterfield 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 10068630
MRDS ID W001780
Record type Site
Current site name Becker Sand and Gravel Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.86648, 34.61682 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chesterfield(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Society Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Laurinburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Florence(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Pee Dee(hydrologic unit)

Lower Pee Dee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pee Dee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Chesterfield

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.86648, 34.61682

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

    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 CONCENTRATE AVERAGED 0.45%, OF WHICH TITANIUM MINERALS AVERAGED 59%. DEPOSIT CONTAINED, PER CU. YD., 12.0 LB HEAVY MINERALS, 7.1 LB ILMENITE, 0.2 LB RUTILE, 0.1 LB ZIRCON, AND 0.1 LB MONAZITE IN 1,500,000 CU. YD. OF MATERIAA OCCUR TI ZR TH FE ; 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.