Sumters Landing

Unknown in Richland county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Titanium, Zirconium, Thorium, Iron
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 10068618
MRDS ID W001768
Record type Site
Current site name Sumters Landing

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.6165, 34.05013 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Richland(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rembert(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Camden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Wateree(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Richland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium Critical Primary
Zirconium Critical Primary
Thorium Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Monazite Ore
Zircon Ore
Rutile Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Tourmaline Gangue
Staurolite Gangue
Kyanite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Epidote Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvial Valley Swamp

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SHUFFLEBARGER, T. E., JR., 1958, TITANIUM MINERALS IN THE VALLEY OF THE WATEREE RIVER, KERSHAW, RICHLAND, AND SUMTER COUNTIES, SOUTH CAROLINA: SOUTH CAROLINA STATE DEVELOP. BOARD, DIV. GEOLOGY, MONTHLY BULL., V. 2, NO. 4, P. 23-32

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    Shufflebarger, T. E., Jr., 1958, Titanium Minerals In The Valley Of The Wateree River, Kershaw, Richland, And Sumter Counties: South Carolina Geological Survey, Geologic Notes, V. 2, No. 4, Pp. 23-32.Shufflebarger, T. E., Jr., 1958, Titanium Minerals In The Valley Of The Wateree River, Kershaw, Richland, And Sumter Counties: South Carolina Geological Survey, Geologic Notes, V. 2, No. 4, Pp. 23-32.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HEAVY MINERAL CONCENTRATES IN ALLUVIUM AVERAGED 7.1%, OF WHICH 11.3% WAS TIO2. DEPOSIT CONTAINED, PER CU. YD., 191.7 LB HEAVY MINERALS, AND, BASED ON TIO2 CONTENT, 3.6 LB ILMENITE AND 0.2 LB RUTILE. OTHER HEAVY MINERALS PRESENT INCLUDED EPIDOTE, HORNBLENDE, GARNET, KYANITE, STAUROLITE, AND MAGNETITE; THE RUTILE, ZIRCON, AND MONAZITE ARE RARE. ; 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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