Jekyll Island Placer

Occurrence in Glynn county in Georgia, United States with commodity Titanium

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Mineral occurrence model information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Geologic structures
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10093327
MRDS ID	W001360
Record type	Site
Current site name	Jekyll Island Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-81.39983, 31.05021 (WGS84)
Location accuracy	10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Glynn(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jekyll Island(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Brunswick(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brunswick(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Georgia	Glynn

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Titanium Critical	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Leucoxene	Ore
Rutile	Ore
Ilmenite	Ore

Analytical data

Result	6% HEAVIES AVERAGE

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code	121
USGS model code	39c
Deposit model name	Shoreline placer Ti

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-81.39983, 31.05021	ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure	Regional
Structure description	Beach Sand

Comments on the geologic information

Age of Mineralization Pleistocene To Holocene

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W001360

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JAN-1973	Force, Eric R.	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	01-MAY-1998	Cocker, Mark D.	Georgia Geologic Survey	major comm.; age of mineralization, deposit type; model number;
Editor	01-NOV-2002	Woodruff, Laurel G.	U.S. Geological Survey	changed deposit model number from 39l to 39h; entered commodity codes

Beyond USGS

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