Block Island Placer

Occurrence in Newport county in Rhode Island, United States with commodities Titanium, Metal, Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068337
MRDS ID W001342
Record type Site
Current site name Block Island Placer
Related records 10250890

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.54949, 41.19999 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Rhode Island(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Block Island(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Block Island(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Providence(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Rhode Island Newport

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.54949, 41.19999

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUB

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1973 Force, Eric R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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