Edisto Island Quadrangle

Unknown in Charleston county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Zirconium, Iron, Titanium
Sections on this page
  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 10068592
MRDS ID W001728
Record type Site
Current site name Edisto Island Quadrangle

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.19979, 32.53347 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Charleston(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rockville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walterboro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Savannah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Charleston

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zirconium Critical Primary
Iron Primary
Titanium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Zircon Ore
Rutile Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.19979, 32.53347

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 2.0%, OF WHICH TITANIUM MINERALS MADE UP 59%. DEPOSIT CONTAINED, PER CU. YD., 54.0 LB HEAVY MINERALS, 31.3 LB ILMENITE, 0.3 LB RUTILE, AND 2.7 LB ZIRCON. ; 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

Beyond USGS

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