Cumberland Island Deposit

Prospect in Camden county in Georgia, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Titanium
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10241383
MRDS ID ISM0726
MAS/MILS ID 0130390002
Record type Site
Current site name Cumberland Island Deposit
Related records 10024974

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.44983, 31.85019 (WGS84)
Elevation 5
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lee(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dorchester(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jesup(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brunswick(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ogeechee Coastal(hydrologic unit)

Ogeechee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Ogeechee-Savannah(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Camden

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Titanium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Epidote Unknown
Hornblende Unknown
Ilmenite Unknown
Monazite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Rutile Unknown
Sillimanite Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.44983, 31.85019

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 2933HA
    Depth to top 0.2M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SEDIMENTARY
    Type of Orebody #3 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .2
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2933
    Date of Last Modification 820909

Comments on the geologic information

  • LEUCOXENE IS ALSO PRESENT, MULTIPLE OXIDES CONT. NB, TA, TI.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Dredging
Milling method Magnetic And Electrostatic

Comments on exploration

  • EXPLORATION WAS DONE PRIOR TO 1962.

Mining district

District name South East Georgia

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner National Park Service Cumberland Island Nat'L Seashore
    Interest 86
    Home office Georgia
    Year 1982
  • Type Owner
    Owner Private Ownerships
    Interest 14
    Home office Florida
    Year 1982

Comments on the production information

  • ILM.-LEUC.CONC = ILMENITE-LEUCOXENE CONCENTRATE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINE RECOVERY ESTIMATED TO BE 95% WITH NEGLIBIBLE DILUTION BASED ON GREEN COVE SPRINGS (SEQ. NO. 0120190002). LINE 01 = RUTILE, LINE 02 = ILMENITE-LEUCOXENE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2833HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method DREDGING
    Avg. Overburden Thickness .2
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Capacity 16060
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost .74
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 365
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1982

Comments on the workings information

  • S.E. = SOUTHEASTERN

Comments on other economic factors

  • MINE TO MILL TRANSPORTATION COST IS INCLUDED IN MINE OPERATING COST. WET MILL TO DRY MILL TRANSPORTATION COST IS INCLUDED IN MILL OPERATING COST. TRANSPORTATION DISTANCE FROM WET MILL TO DRY MILL IS BASED ON IDEALIZED ORE BODY DIMENSIONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARPENTER, J.H., J.C. DETWEILER, J.L. GILLSON, E.C. WEICHEL,

  • Deposit

    JR., AND J.P. WOOD. MINING AND CONCENTRATION OF ILMEN-

  • Deposit

    ITE AND ASSOCIATED MINERALS AT TRAIL RIDGE, FLORIDA.

  • Deposit

    MIN. ENG., V. 5, AUGUST 1953, PP. 789-795.

  • Deposit

    COOKE, C.W. GEOLOGY OF THE COASTAL PLAIN OF GEORGIA.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 941, 1943, PP. 1-5, 102-117.

  • Deposit

    HERRICK, S.M. A SUBSURFACE STUDY OF PLEISTOCENE DEPOSITS IN

  • Deposit

    COASTAL GEORGIA. GA. DEPT. MINES, MIN., AND GEOL.,

  • Deposit

    DIV. CONSERV. IC 31, 1965, 8 PP.

  • Deposit

    NEIHEISEL, J. HEAVY-MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF RECENT AND

  • Deposit

    PLEISTOCENE SANDS OF LOWER COASTAL PLAIN OF GEORGIA.

  • Deposit

    GEOL. SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULL., V. 73, MARCH 1962,

  • Deposit

    PP. 365-374.

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, A.E. HOW NEW $3,000,000 HIGHLAND PLANT RECOVERS

  • Deposit

    TITANIFEROUS MINERALS. MIN. WORLD, OCTOBER 1955,

  • Deposit

    PP. 52-55, 72.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, J.W., S.M. PICKERING, JR., AND J.R. LANDRUM. HEAVY

  • Deposit

    MINERAL BEARING SAND OF THE COASTAL REGION OF GEORGIA.

  • Deposit

    GA. DEPT. MINES, MIN., AND GEOL., DIV. CONSERV.,

  • Deposit

    PROJECT REPORT NO. 8, SOUTH GEORGIA MINERALS PROGRAM,

  • Deposit

    1967, 68 PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT STRIKES NORTH-NORTHEAST AND IS ASSUMED TO BE RELATIVELY HORIZONTAL. AVERAGE DEPTH TO MINERALIZATION IS ESTIMATED BASED ON BRUNSWICK-ALTAMAHA (SEQ. NO. 0131270001). AREA OF ORE BODY = 2833 HECTARES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-JUN-1995 Croyle U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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