Calhoun Falls

Unknown in Abbeville county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Titanium, 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 10068585
MRDS ID W001721
Record type Site
Current site name Calhoun Falls

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.56656, 34.10013 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Abbeville(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Calhoun Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Abbeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greenville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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 Abbeville

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Phosphorus Gangue
Sulfur Gangue
Manganese Ox-Hydrous Gangue
Chalcopyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.56656, 34.10013

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, LLOYD, 1967, HEAVY MINERALS IN SOUTH CAROLINA: SOUTH CAROLINA STATE DEVELOP. BOARD, DIV. GEOLOGY, BULL. 35, 35 P.

  • Deposit

    SLOAN, EARLE, 1908, CATALOGUE OF THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA: SOUTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. SER. 4, NO. 2, P. 105.

  • Deposit

    Williams, Lloyd, 1967, Heavy Minerals In South Carolina: South Carolina State Develop. Board, Div. Geology, Bull. 35, 35 P.Williams, Lloyd, 1967, Heavy Minerals In South Carolina: South Carolina State Develop. Board, Div. Geology, Bull. 35, 35 P.

  • Deposit

    Sloan, Earle, 1908, Catalogue Of The Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey Bull. Ser. 4, No. 2, P. 10Sloan, Earle, 1908, Catalogue Of The Mineral Localities Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey Bull. Ser. 4, No. 2, P. 10

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IN DEPOSIT CONTAINED 5.6% TITANIUM; 58.28% IRON, 1.18% METALLIC MANGANESE, 3.64% SILICA, AND .04% PHOSPHORUS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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

Beyond USGS

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