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Aiken County Deposit

Past Producer in Aiken county in South Carolina, United States with commodities REE, Titanium, Zirconium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10153408
MRDS ID W022343
MAS/MILS ID 0450030044
Record type Site
Current site name Aiken County Deposit
Alternate or previous names Hollow Creek, Town Creek, Horse Creek
Related records 10075699, 10250681

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.86044, 33.43825 (WGS84)
Elevation 75
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Aiken(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hollow Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Barnwell(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Augusta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Savannah(hydrologic unit)

Savannah(hydrologic accounting unit)

Ogeechee-Savannah(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Aiken

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Primary
Titanium Critical Secondary
Zirconium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Epidote Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Ilmenite Unknown
Kaolin Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Monazite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Rutile Unknown
Staurolite Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.86044, 33.43825
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 5.3M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 840110
  • Area 249HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 249
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1879
Mining method Dredging
Year of first production 1955
Milling method Gravity

Mining district

District name Aiken Kaolin District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • RECOVERY REPRESENTS TOTAL COMBINED RECOVERY OF THE WET AND DRY MILLS. THE EXACT MILL RECOVERY IS 81.88 PERCENT.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1967
    Indicated 19000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 19000000mt ore
    Total resources 19000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    REE REE 0.026 wt-pct REE Major 1967
    Titanium TiO2 0.195 wt-pct Titanium Minor 1967
    Titanium TiO2 0.046 wt-pct Titanium Minor 1967
    Zirconium ZrO2 0.071 wt-pct Zirconium Minor 1967
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1967
    Inferred 68200000mt ore
    Total resources 68200000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    REE REE 0.0319 wt-pct REE Major 1967
    Titanium TiO2 0.18 wt-pct Titanium Minor 1967
    Titanium TiO2 0.046 wt-pct Titanium Minor 1967
    Zirconium ZrO2 0.064 wt-pct Zirconium Minor 1967

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • M9C4=M1C1, M1C1=M2C1+M3C1+M4C1.. COMBINATION: HORSE CREEK + HOLLOW CREEK + TOWN CREEK. GRADES OF RESOURCE MATERIAL AT 50% PROBABILITY LEVEL ARE: REO=0.032%, TIO2 (ILMENITE)=0.180%, TIO2 (RUTILE)=0.046% AND ZRO2=0.064%. MATRIX 2 REPRESENTS RESOURCES FROM HOLLOW CREEK FLOODPLAIN. GRADES OF RESOURCE MATERIAL AT 50% PROBABILITY LEVEL ARE: REO=0.036%, TIO2 (ILMENITE)=0.214%, TIO2 (RUTILE)=0.049% AND ZRO2=0.071%. MATRIX 3 REPRESENTS RESOURCES FROM TOWN CREEK FLOODPLAIN. MATRIX 4 REPRESENTS RESOURCES FROM HORSE CREEK FLOODPLAIN.
  • MONAZITE
  • ACCORDING TO EFOC, LIMITED RESERVE POTENTIAL. OPERATED FROM 1955 THROUGH 1958

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 249HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method DREDGING
    Swell Factor .8
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Capacity 2900
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost .95
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 365
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    WILLIAMS, L. HEAVY MINERALS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. DIVISION

  • Reserve-Resource

    CAROLINA STATE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, DIV. OF GEOLOGY,

  • Reserve-Resource

    BULLETIN 35, COLUMBIA, S.C., 1967, PP. 7, 25, 26, 28.

  • Reserve-Resource

    REFER TO SEQUENCE NOS. 0450030045, 0450030046, 0450030047.

  • Deposit

    KLINE, M.H., R.F. GRIFFITH, AND L.A. HANSON. HOLLOW

  • Deposit

    CREEK, MONAZITE PLACER, AIKEN COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA.

  • Deposit

    BUMINES REPORT RME-3127, 1954, 29 PP.

  • Deposit

    LEMONS, J.F., JR. AND L.V. COPPA. MINING AND PROCESSING

  • Deposit

    METHODS AND COST MODELS FOR THE RECOVERY OF THORIUM FROM

  • Deposit

    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. U.S. DEPT. OF ENERGY, GJBX-91(79),

  • Deposit

    MAY 1979, PP. 26-49.

  • Deposit

    MCCAULEY, C.K. EXPLORATION FOR HEAVY MINERALS ON HILTON

  • Deposit

    HEAD ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA. DIVISION OF GEOLOGY, SOUTH

  • Deposit

    CAROLINA DEVELOPMENT BOARD, BULL. 26, 1960, P. 2.

  • Deposit

    OVERSTREET, W.C., P.K. THEOBALD, JR., AND J.W. WHITLOW.

  • Deposit

    THORIUM AND URANIUM RESOURCES IN MONAZITE PLACERS OF THE

  • Deposit

    WESTERN PIEDMONT, NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA. MIN. ENG. (NY),

  • Deposit

    V. 11, JULY 1959, PP. 709-714.

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS L. HEAVY MINERALS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. DIVISION

  • Deposit

    OF GEOLOGY, SOUTH CAROLINA DEVELOPMENT BOARD, BULL. 35,

  • Deposit

    1967, 35 PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIMENSIONS REPRESENT COMBINED DIMENSIONS OF HOLLOW CREEK, TOWN CREEK AND HORSE CREEK. OVERALL DEPOSIT AREA IS 1015 HECTARES; AVERAGE THICKNESS IS 5.32 METERS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-MAR-1995 Hartos U.S. Bureau of Mines

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