| Deposit ID | 10067935 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W000836 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 240090008 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cove Point Placer |
| Alternate or previous names | Cove Point Rutile Deposit, Cove Point Prospect |
| Point of reference | Approximate |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -76.38528, 38.38278 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 3 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
| Relative position | SOMEWHERE IN THE VICINITY OF COVE POINT |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Calvert(county)
Maryland(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cove Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Leonardtown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Severn(hydrologic unit)
Upper Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)
Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Maryland | Calvert |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Titanium-Ilmenite | Primary |
| Titanium-Rutile | Primary |
| Zirconium Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Ilmenite | Ore |
| Rutile | Ore |
| Zircon | Ore |
| Result | After electrostatic and electromagnetic separators:\nIlmenite 65.5%\nRutile 3.1%\nZircon 16.2%\nWaste 15.2%\n |
|---|---|
| Result | Up to 5% "Heavies". |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel | ||||
| Rock unit name | Sand & Clay, Lowland Deposits (Sunderland) | ||||
| Rock description | Sand & Clay, Lowland Deposits (Sunderland) | ||||
| |||||
| Approximate (1) | Lowland Deposits |
|---|
| Operation type | Placer |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1951 |
| Discoverer | Charles E. Jefferson |
| Year of first production | 1955 |
| Year of last production | 1962 |
| Production years | 1954 or 1955 |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Owner | Titanium Ores Corp. |
| Year | 1955 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W000836 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W001355 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 240090001 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 240090008 |
PEARRE, N.C., 1961, USGS MAP MR-12
Engineering and Mining Journal, 1955, v. 156, no. 4, p. 126.
Mountford, K., 2001, Cove Point--Mariner's safe harbor now threatened by ships: Chesapeake Bay Journal, Nov. 2001. [http://www.bayjournal.com/article.cfm?article=1982] accessed June 2, 2010.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THIS DEPOSIT ONLY SHOWN ON THE PEARRE MAP. NO OTHER MENTION. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 1972-08-01 | Wright, Nancy A. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Reporter | 1973-01-01 | Force, Eric R. | U.S. Geological Survey | W001355 = newMRDS 10068348 |
| Reporter | 1983-11-03 | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | 0240090001 = newMRDS 10291074 and 0240090008 =newMRDS 10291376 |
| Editor | 2010-06-03 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey | With Anjana K. Shah (USGS, Denver). Merged and deleted MAS 0240090001 = newMRDS 10291074, MAS 0240090008 =newMRDS 10291736, and W001355 = newMRDS 10068348 |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.