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South Rabon Creek

Unknown in Laurens 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069119
MRDS ID W002531
Record type Site
Current site name South Rabon Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.13315, 34.48342 (WGS84)
Relative position LAURENS, 8 MI. W OF

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Laurens(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ware Shoals East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Abbeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greenville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Saluda(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Laurens

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.13315, 34.48342
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 4.72M
    Length 14483.7M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Biotite Granite Gneiss Intruded By Pegmatite, Diabase, & Gabbro Underlies Placer Deposit

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. 7,400 TONS ARE INDICATED ORE RESERVES AND 18,200 TONS, INFERRED. ITEM 2. 600 TONS ARE INDICATED ORE RESERVES AND 1500 TONS, INFERRED. ITEM 3. 800 TONS ARE INDICATED ORE RESERVES AND 2,100 TONS, INFERRED. ITEM 4. 1,300 TONS ARE INDICATED ORE RESERVES AND 3,200 TONS, INFERRED.
  • ITEM 1. 7,400 TONS ARE INDICATED ORE RESERVES AND 18,200 TONS, INFERRED. ITEM 2. 600 TONS ARE INDICATED ORE RESERVES AND 1,500 TONS, INFERRED. ITEM 3. 800 TONS ARE INDICATED ORE RESERVES AND 2,100 TONS, INFERRED. ITEM 4. 1,300 TONS ARE INDICATED ORE RESERVES AND 3,200 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

    HANSEN, L. A., AND CALDWELL, D. W., 1955, MONAZITE PLACERS ON RABON CREEK, LAURENS COUNTY, AND BIG GENEROSTEE CREEK, ANDERSON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA: U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMM. REPT. RME-3118, P. 25 (PREPARED BY U.S. BUREAU OF MINES AND USGS)

  • Deposit

    1953 DIREXPL U.S. BUREAU OF MINES-DRILLING TO DETERMIN HEAVY MINERAL RESOURCE

  • 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

    Mccauley, C. K., 1960, Exploration For Heavy Minerals On Hilton Head Island, South Carolina: South Carolina State Development Board, Division Of Geology, Bulletin 26Mccauley, C. K., 1960, Exploration For Heavy Minerals On Hilton Head Island, South Carolina: South Carolina State Development Board, Division Of Geology, Bulletin 26

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HEAVY MINERAL CONCENTRATE OF ALLUVIUM MAKES UP 0.28 PERCENT OF WHICH 41 PERCENT ARE TI MINERALS. THICKNESS OF 15.5 FT IS AVERAGE THICKNESS, MAXIMUM NOT GIVEN

Reporter information

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