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Hilton Head Island

Unknown in Beaufort 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. 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 10096170
MRDS ID W002532
Record type Site
Current site name Hilton Head Island
Related records 10275172

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.71651, 32.18348 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaufort(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hilton Head(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaufort(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Savannah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Broad-St. Helena(hydrologic unit)

Edisto-South Carolina Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Beaufort

Comments on the location information

  • THIS IS THE MOST FAVORABLE TITANIUM DEPOSIT IN S.C. BUT USE OF THE AREA FOR RECREATIONAL AND RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES MAY EXCLUDE IT AS A POSSIBLE SOURCE FOR TITANIUM MINING.
  • This Is the Most Favorable Titanium Deposit In S.C. But Use of the Area For Recreational and Residential Purposes May Exclude It As A Possible Source For Titanium Mi Ning.

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
Xenotime Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Magnesioferrite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Magnetite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.71651, 32.18348
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PLACER-MODERN-BEACH
  • PLACER-MODERN-BEACH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ITEM 1. 3,515,400 TONS ARE INDICATED ORE RESERVES. ITEM 2. 1,054,000 TONS ARE INDICATED ORE RESERVES. ITEM 3. 880,400 TONS ARE INDICATED ORE RESERVES. ITEM 4. 108,500 TONS ARE INDICATED ORE RESERVES.

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

    MCCAULEY, C. K., 1960, EXPLORATION FOR HEAVY MINERALS ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA: SOUTH CAROLINA STATE DEVELOP. BOARD, DIV. GEOLOGY, BULL. 26, P. 13

  • Deposit

    1954 DIREXPL U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, HELPED DEVELOP RESERVES OF HEAVY MINERAL SANDS

  • Deposit

    1955 DIREXPL NATIONAL LEAD CO. (NOW N.L. INDUSTRIES) FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF RESERVES OF HEAVY MINERAL SANDS

  • 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 DEPOSIT CONTAINS 620 MILLION CU YDS OF MATERIAL IN PLACE WITH 1.5 PERCENT HEAVY MINERAL CONCENTRATE OF WHICH 36 PERCENT CONSISTS OF TITANIUM MINERALS. IN POUNDS PER CU YD THE DEPOSIT CONTAINS 40.5 HEAVY MINERALS, 11.3 ILMENITE, 3.4 RUTILE, 2.8 ZIRCON, AND 0.3 MONAZITE. THERE ARE AN ESTIMATED 8,226,000 TONS OF HEAVY MINERALS PRESENT WITH APPROXMIATELY 457 TONS PER ACRE TO A DEPTH OF 10 FEET OVER AN AREA OF ABOUT 18,000 HIGHLAND ACRES. THE RICHEST DEPOSITS ARE ALONG THE BEACH AND ADJACENT FORDUNE

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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