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Hollow Creek

Unknown in Aiken 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 10069113
MRDS ID W002513
Record type Site
Current site name Hollow Creek
Alternate or previous names Holley Creek County Road Map

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.84984, 33.35015 (WGS84)
Relative position AUGUSTA, 13 MI. SE OF

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Aiken(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jackson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Barnwell(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Augusta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Savannah(hydrologic unit)

Savannah(hydrologic accounting unit)

Ogeechee-Savannah(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Aiken

Comments on the location information

  • Location From the Literature

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
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Magnetite Gangue

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 5.49M
    Length 16093M

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. 64,900 TONS ARE INDICATED ORE RESERVES AND 156,600 TONS, INFERRED. ITEM 2. 10,400 TONS ARE INDICATED ORE RESERVES AND 25,000 TONS, INFERRED. ITEM 3. 22,700 TONS ARE INDICATED ORE RESERVES AND 50,000 TONS, INFERRED. ITEM 4. 8,400 TONS ARE INDICATED ORE RESERVES AND 23,900 TONS, INFERRED.
  • ITEM 1. 64,900 TONS ARE INDICATED ORE RESERVES AND 156,600 TONS, INFERRED. ITEM 2. 10,400 TONS ARE INDICATED ORE RESERVES AND 25,000 TONS, INFERRED. ITEM 3. 22,700 TONS ARE INDICATED ORE RESERVES AND 50,000 TONS, INFERRED. ITEM 4. 8,400 TONS ARE INDICATED ORE RESERVES AND 23,900 TONS, INFERRED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, 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 COMM. REPT. RME-3127, P. 28 (PREPARED BY U.S. BUREAU OF MINES)

  • 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 AVERAGE THICKNESS IS 18 FT. MAXIMUM WAS NOT GIVEN. HEAVY MINERAL CONCENTRATES AVERAGE 0.9 PERCENT, OF WHICH TITANIUM MINERALS MAKE UP 43 PERCENT

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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