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Tyger River

Unknown in Spartanburg county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Titanium, Zirconium, Thorium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069112
MRDS ID W002511
Record type Site
Current site name Tyger River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.99983, 34.86681 (WGS84)
Relative position SPARTANBURG, 7 MI. S OF

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Spartanburg(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moore(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tyger(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Spartanburg

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium Critical Primary
Zirconium Critical Primary
Thorium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Monazite Ore
Zircon Ore
Rutile Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnesioferrite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Magnetite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.99983, 34.86681
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6.71M
    Length 8046.5M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PLACER-MODERN-FLUVIAL
  • PLACER-MODERN-FLUVIAL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ITEM 1. 14,400 TONS ARE INDICATED ORE RESERVES AND 35,800 TONS, INFERRED. ITEM 2. 500 TONS ARE INDICATED ORE RESERVES AND 1,300 TONS, INFERRED. ITEM 3. 3,700 TONS ARE INDICATED ORE RESERVES AND 9,000 TONS, INFERRED. ITEM 4. 1,700 TONS ARE INDICATED ORE RESERVES AND 4,400 TONS, INFERRED.
  • ITEM 1. 14,400 TONS ARE INDICATED ORE RESERVES AND 35,800 TONS, INFERRED. ITEM 2. 500 TONS ARE INDICATED ORE RESERVES AND 1300 TONS, INFERRED. ITEM 3. 3,700 TONS ARE INDICATED ORE RESERVES AND 9,000 TONS, INFERRED. ITEM 4. 1,700 TONS ARE INDICATED ORE RESERVES AND 4,400 TONS, INFERRED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    HANSEN, L.A., AND CUPPELS, N.P., 1955, MONAZITE PLACER AT THE JUNCTION OF THE NORTH TYGER RIVER WITH THE MIDDLE TYGER RIVER, SPARTANBURG COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA: U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMM. REPT. RME-3117, P. 22 (PREPARED BY U.S. BUREAU OF MINES AND USGS)

  • Reserve-Resource

    WILLIAMS, LLOYD, 1967

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    Kline, M.H., Griffith, R.F., And Hansen, L.A., 1954, Hollow Creek Monazite Placer, Aiken County, South Carolina: U.S. Atomic Energy Energy Commission, Report, Rme-3127, 29pp.Kline, M.H., Griffith, R.F., And Hansen, L.A., 1954, Hollow Creek Monazite Placer, Aiken County, South Carolina: U.S. Atomic Energy Energy Commission, Report, Rme-3127, 29pp.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HEAVY MINERAL CONCENTRATE IN ALLUVIUM MAKES UP 0.35 PERCENT, OF WHICH 33 PERCENT ARE TI MINERAL FRACTIONS. THICKNESS OF 22 FT IS AVERAGE THICKNESS, MAXIMUM NOT GIVEN

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

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