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Big Mountain Creek

Unknown in Anderson 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. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069115
MRDS ID W002524
Record type Site
Current site name Big Mountain Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.76657, 34.40013 (WGS84)
Relative position ANDERSON, 5 MI. SW OF

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Anderson(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hartwell NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Abbeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greenville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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 Anderson

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
Quartz Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Magnetite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.76657, 34.40013
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Alluvial

Ore body information

  • Thickness 5.03M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Granite And Biotite Gneiss Underlie Placer

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PLACER-MODERN-FLUVIAL
  • GEOL.DESC: 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. 7,300 TONS ARE INDICATED ORE RESERVES AND 19,200 TONS, INFERRED. ITEM 2. 200 TONS ARE INDICATED ORE RESERVES AND 700 TONS, INFERRED. ITEM 3. 1,000 TONS ARE INDICATED ORE RESERVES AND 2800 TONS, INFERRED. ITEM 4. 200 TONS ARE INDICATED ORE RESERVES AND 500 TONS, INFERRED
  • ITEM 1. 7,300 TONS ARE INDICATED ORE RESERVES AND 19,200 TONS, INFERRED. ITEM 2. 200 TONS ARE INDICATED ORE RESERVES AND 700 TONS, INFERRED. ITEM 3. 1000 TONS ARE INDICATED ORE RESERVES AND 2800 TONS, INFERRED. ITEM 4. 200 TONS ARE INDICATED ORE RESERVES AND 500 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

  • 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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HEAVY MINERAL CONCENTRATE IN ALLUVIUM IS ABOUT 0.26 PERCENT OF WHICH 62 PERCENT IS TI MINERALS. THICKNESS OF 16.5 FT IS AVERAGE THICKNESS, MAXIMUM NOT GIVEN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1972 Cooper, Margaret U.S. Geological Survey From The Literature
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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