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Unidentified Mine(Horse Creek Mine)

Past Producer in Aiken county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Zirconium, Titanium, REE, Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080088
MRDS ID W031061
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Mine(Horse Creek Mine)
Alternate or previous names Unidentified Mine
Related records 10069117

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.89374, 33.49375 (WGS84)
Elevation 43
Relative position 0.25 MILES S 30 DEG W OF THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 421 AND 126 IN CLEARWATER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Aiken(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Augusta East(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

  • 0.25 Miles S30w of Hwy 421 and Hwy 126 In Clearwater,Augusta East 7.5 Quad

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zirconium Critical Primary
Titanium Critical Primary
REE Critical Primary
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Monazite Ore
Rutile Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Zircon Ore

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Placer

Comments on the geologic information

  • Placer-Modern Fluvial

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Marine Minerals

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 78.854HA
    Overall depth 1.83M
    Overall length 1828.8M
    Overall width 457.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PITS
  • INACTIVE, LAST OPERATOR MARINE MINERALS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED DATA, SOUTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVE

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Updated 10/98 By Ahm Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 Gibson, Gregory A. (Zupan, Alan-Jon South Carolina Geological Survey Field Obs
Updater 01-OCT-1998 Maybin, Arthur H. III South Carolina 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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