Silver Bluff

Occurrence in Aiken county in South Carolina, United States with commodities Cobalt, Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10299417
MAS/MILS ID 0450030037
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Bluff
Alternate or previous names C. C. F. Hammond Property

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.85484, 33.31205 (WGS84)
Elevation 37

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Aiken(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jackson(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
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.85484, 33.31205

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner F. T. Starr
    Home office Pennsylvania
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PIERCE, W. G., 1944, COBALT-BEARING MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF AL

  • Deposit

    GEORGIA, AND TENNESSEE/ U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 940

  • Deposit

    P. 284.

  • Deposit

    VHAY, J. S., 1952, COBALT RESOURCES, CHAP. 6 OF MATERIALS SU

  • Deposit

    COBALT/ U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, PP. VI-51 TO VI-53.

  • Deposit

    SLOAN, EARL, 1908, CATALOGUE OF THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF SO

  • Deposit

    CAROLINA/ SOUTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SERIES IV, BULLE

  • Deposit

    P. 78.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit YEAR ENTERED-1976 RECORD 020/ ENTRY IS LAST KNOWN OWNER OF PROPERTY, 1943 (SEE REFERENCE 700). RECORD 070/ ORE MINERAL IS COBALTIFEROUS WAD (ASBOLITE).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Lyday, Travis Q. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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