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Sewee Bay Quadrangle

Unknown in Charleston county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Titanium, Zirconium, Iron
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  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 10068590
MRDS ID W001726
Record type Site
Current site name Sewee Bay Quadrangle

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.66648, 32.91686 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Charleston(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sewee Bay(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

James Island(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

James Island(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Carolina Coastal(hydrologic unit)

Edisto-South Carolina Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Charleston

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium Critical Primary
Zirconium Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Zircon Ore
Ilmenite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.66648, 32.91686
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1A. WILLIAMS, LLOYD, 1967, HEAVY MINERALS IN SOUTH CAROLINA: SOUTH CAROLINA STATE DEVELOP. BOARD, DIV. GEOLOGY, BULL. 35, 35 P

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HEAVY MINERAL CONCENTRATE AVERAGED 0.7%, OF WHICH ILMENITE MADE UP 44%. DEPOSIT CONTAINED, PER CU. YD., 19.2 LB HEAVY MINERALS, 8.3 LB ILMENITE, AND 0.9 LB ZIRCON. COORDINATES OF DEPOSIT ARE APPROXIMATE. ; 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

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