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Savannah Beach Placer

Occurrence in Chatham county in Georgia, United States with commodity Titanium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068851
MRDS ID W002119
Record type Site
Current site name Savannah Beach Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.88312, 31.98348 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chatham(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wassaw Sound(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wassaw Sound(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brunswick(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ogeechee Coastal(hydrologic unit)

Ogeechee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Ogeechee-Savannah(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Chatham

Comments on the location information

  • Previous Quad Designation = Brunswick 1:250000
  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = BRUNSWICK 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore

Analytical data

Result 12 FT CORE AVERAGED 2.5% HEAVIES WITH 40% TI MINERALS

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 121
USGS model code 39c
Deposit model name Shoreline placer Ti

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.88312, 31.98348
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Beach Sand

Comments on the geologic information

  • Age of Mineralization Pleistocene To Holocene;
  • Clastic Sedimentary Rock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH 1967 S. GA. MIN. PROG. REPT.

  • Deposit

    Smith, J.W., Pickering, S.M., And Landrum, J.R., 1967, Heavy-Mineral-Bearing Sand Of The Coastal Region Of Georgia: Georgia Department Of Mines, Mining And Geology. South Georgia Mining Progress Report, No. 8, 68 P.Smith, J.W., Pickering, S.M., And Landrum, J.R., 1967, Heavy-Mineral-Bearing Sand Of The Coastal Region Of Georgia: Georgia Department Of Mines, Mining And Geology. South Georgia Mining Progress Report, No. 8, 68 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1973 Force, Eric R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1998 Cocker, Mark D. Georgia Geologic Survey major comm.; age of mineralization, deposit type; model number;
Editor 01-NOV-2002 Woodruff, Laurel G. U.S. Geological Survey commodity codes; updated references; checked location;changed deposit model number from 39l to 39H

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