Pawleys Island

Unknown in Georgetown county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Titanium, Zirconium, Thorium, Iron

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10068633
MRDS ID	W001783
Record type	Site
Current site name	Pawleys Island

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-79.09976, 33.43344 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Georgetown(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Magnolia Beach(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Georgetown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Georgetown(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	South Carolina	Georgetown

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
Ilmenite	Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-79.09976, 33.43344	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W001783

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 (WIND BLOWN) WAS 9.8%, OF WHICH ILMENITE MADES UP 33%. DEPOSIT CONTAINED, PER CU. YD., 264.6 LB HEAVY MINERALS, 87.3 LB ILMENITE, 52.9 LB ZIRCON, AND 0.5 LB MONAZITE. ; 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.