Horse Creek

Past Producer in Aiken county in South Carolina, United States with commodity REE
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10299662
MAS/MILS ID 0450030047
Record type Site
Current site name Horse Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.89794, 33.48485 (WGS84)
Elevation 40
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.89794, 33.48485

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Inferred 59330mt ore
    Total resources 59330mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    REE REE 4.82 wt-pct REE Trace 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    WILLIAMS, L. HEAVY MINERALS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. SOUTH

  • Reserve-Resource

    CAROLINA STATE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, DIV. OF GEOLOGY,

  • Reserve-Resource

    BULLETIN 35, COLUMBIA, S.C., 1967, PP. 7, 25, 28.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-DEC-83 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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