Cumberland Sand and Gravel

Occurrence in Cumberland county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Thorium, Iron
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093339
MRDS ID W001662
Record type Site
Current site name Cumberland Sand and Gravel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.01642, 35.21677 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harnett(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Overhills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Southern Pines(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raleigh(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cape Fear(hydrologic unit)

Cape Fear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cape Fear(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Cumberland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary
Zirconium Critical Tertiary
Thorium Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Monazite Unknown
Rutile Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.01642, 35.21677

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, LLOYD, 1964, TITANIUM DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. CONSERV. AND DEVELOP., DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES INF. CIRC. 19, 51 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONCENTRATE SAMPLES AVERAGED ABOUT 51% TITANIUM MINERALS (46% ILMENITE; 5% RUTILE), 10.0% ZIRCON, AND 4.0% MONAZITE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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