Dauphine Island Offshore Sands

Occurrence in Mobile county in Alabama, United States with commodities Titanium, Metal, Zirconium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079913
MRDS ID W030676
Record type Site
Current site name Dauphine Island Offshore Sands

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.08336, 30.23357 (WGS84)
Elevation 4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mobile(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fort Morgan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Biloxi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mobile(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Mobile

Comments on the location information

  • OFF-SHORE SOUTH OF DAUPHINE ISLAND

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Zirconium Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HEAVY MINERALS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Rutile Ore
Zircon Ore
Kyanite Gangue
Staurolite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Recent Off-Shore Sediments
    Rock description Recent Off-Shore Sediments
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.08336, 30.23357

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Barrier Island

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Length 35000M
    Width 5000M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Current From Mobile Bay

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on development

  • THESIS GIVES MINERAL ANALYSES OF BOTTOM SAMPLES COLLECTED IN MISSISSIPPI SOUND AND IN GULF OF MEXICO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THICKNESS UNKNOWN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Clarke, Otis M. Jr. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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