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Cumberland Island

Prospect in Camden county in Georgia, United States with commodities Zirconium, Titanium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Site location context
  3. Geographic areas
  4. Commodities
  5. Materials information
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025005
MRDS ID ISM0757
Record type Site
Current site name Cumberland Island
Related records 60000864

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Camden(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cumberland-St. Simons(hydrologic unit)

St. Marys-Satilla(hydrologic accounting unit)

Altamaha-St. Marys(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Camden

Comments on the location information

  • Located Just North of the Florida/Georgia State Line

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zirconium Critical Primary
Titanium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Zirconium

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 121
USGS model code 39c
Deposit model name Shoreline placer Ti

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Silver Bluff Shoreline Complex
    Rock description Silver Bluff Shoreline Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sand

Comments on the geologic information

  • Age of Mineralization Pleistocene To Holocene
  • Changed Deposit Model Number From 39l To 39h

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    This Record Was Compiled For The International Strategic Minerals Inventory. The Data Were Used In Preparation Of The USGS Circular 930 Series Of Reports.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Mineral Resource Categories and Codes Herein Are From the International Classification System Recommendations.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-MAY-1998 Cocker, Mark D. Georgia Geologic Survey record type; age of mineralization, deposit type; model number;
Reporter 01-JUN-1986 Force, Eric R. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-NOV-2002 Woodruff, Laurel G. U.S. Geological Survey updated references; checked location; entered commodity codes