Richland

Occurrence in Beaufort county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Titanium, Metal, Iron

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10068549
MRDS ID	W001630
Record type	Site
Current site name	Richland

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-76.86636, 35.2501 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaufort(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aurora(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bayboro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rocky Mount(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pamlico(hydrologic unit)

Pamlico(hydrologic accounting unit)

Neuse-Pamlico(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	North Carolina	Beaufort

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical	Tertiary
Iron	Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-76.86636, 35.2501	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W001630

Bibliographic references

Deposit

WILLIAMS, LLOYD, 1964, TITANIUM DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. CONSERV. AND DEVELOP., DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES INF. CIRC. 19, 51 P

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	NATIONAL LEAD CO. (NOW NL INDUSTRIES) LEASED, FOR TI EXPLORATION, 1600 ACRES, LATER REDUCED TO 1200 ACRES, THEY ALSO OBTAINED DEED IN FEE SIMPLE TO 1700 MORE ACRES. THE STATE GRANTED EXPLORATION LEASES TO NATIONAL LEAD IN 1951 AND BARNUP AND SIMS, INC. IN 1952. CONCENTRATONS OF POSSIBLE ECONOMIC INTEREST WERE FOUND ON BEACH ROADS INLAND FROM PAMLICO SOUND. TWO DRILLHOLES MOSTLY IN GRAY, WHITE, OR BROWN SAND AVERAGED 4.0% HEAVY MINERALS TO A DEPTH OF 20 FT. WHILE 3 OTHERS IN FINE WHITE SAND AVERAGED ABOUT 2.1% HEAVY MINERALS IN UPPER 15 FT.

Subject category

Comment text

Deposit

NATIONAL LEAD CO. (NOW NL INDUSTRIES) LEASED, FOR TI EXPLORATION, 1600 ACRES, LATER REDUCED TO 1200 ACRES, THEY ALSO OBTAINED DEED IN FEE SIMPLE TO 1700 MORE ACRES. THE STATE GRANTED EXPLORATION LEASES TO NATIONAL LEAD IN 1951 AND BARNUP AND SIMS, INC. IN 1952. CONCENTRATONS OF POSSIBLE ECONOMIC INTEREST WERE FOUND ON BEACH ROADS INLAND FROM PAMLICO SOUND. TWO DRILLHOLES MOSTLY IN GRAY, WHITE, OR BROWN SAND AVERAGED 4.0% HEAVY MINERALS TO A DEPTH OF 20 FT. WHILE 3 OTHERS IN FINE WHITE SAND AVERAGED ABOUT 2.1% HEAVY MINERALS IN UPPER 15 FT.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-DEC-1972	Cooper, Margaret	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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