| Deposit ID | 10079913 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W030676 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Dauphine Island Offshore Sands |
| Geographic coordinates: | -88.08336, 30.23357 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 4 |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Alabama | Mobile |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Ilmenite | Ore |
| Rutile | Ore |
| Zircon | Ore |
| Kyanite | Gangue |
| Staurolite | Gangue |
| Tourmaline | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel | ||||
| Rock unit name | Recent Off-Shore Sediments | ||||
| Rock description | Recent Off-Shore Sediments | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -88.08336, 30.23357 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Barrier Island |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Length | 35000M |
| Width | 5000M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Ownership category | State |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W030676 |
STOW, H.S., DRUMMOND, S.E. AND HAYNES, C.D., 1975, POSSIBLE HEAVY MINERAL RESOURCES OFFSHORE ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI: SOC. MINING ENGR. AIME PREPRINT NO. 75-1-311.
DRUMMOND, S.E., JR., 1976, DISTRIBUTION OF HEAVY MINERALS: OFFSHORE ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI: UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, MS THESIS, 90 P.
1975 DIREXPL UNIV. OF ALABAM
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THICKNESS UNKNOWN |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1981 | Clarke, Otis M. Jr. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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