North Rabon Creek

Unknown in Laurens county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Titanium, Zirconium, Thorium
Sections on this page
  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 10069120
MRDS ID W002533
Record type Site
Current site name North Rabon Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.76657, 34.48342 (WGS84)
Relative position LAURENS, 7 MI. W 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 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) -82.76657, 34.48342

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 5.03M
    Length 11265.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Biotite Granite Gneiss With Diabase Intrusions Underlies Place 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. 6,900 TONS ARE INDICATED ORE RESERVES AND 32,100 TONS, INFERRED. ITEM 2. 300 TONS ARE INDICATED ORE RESERVES AND 1,800 TONS, INFERRED. ITEM 3. 400 TONS ARE INDICATED ORE RESERVES AND 2,200 TONS, INFERRED. ITEM 4. 900 TONS ARE INDICATED ORE RESERVES AND 4,400 TONS, INFERRED.

Comments on the workings information

  • PROBABLY JUST A STREAM SAMPLE, NO ECONOMIC IM

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 DETERMINE 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

    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 Commission, Report, Rme-3118, 26 Pp.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 Commission, Report, Rme-3118, 26 Pp.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HEAVY MINERAL CONCENTRATE OF ALLUVIUM MAKES UP 0.24 PERCENT, OF WHICH 51 PERCENT IS TITANIUM MINERAL FRACTIONS. THICKNESS OF 16.5 FT IS AVERAGE THICKNESS, MAXIMUM NOT GIVEN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-OCT-1998 Maybin, Arthur H. III South Carolina Geological Survey
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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.