Description
Charles E. Jefferson
Commodities
PrimaryTitanium-Rutile, Titanium-Ilmenite
SecondaryZirconium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer
Deposit sizeN
Materials
Ore mineralsIlmenite, Rutile, Zircon
Geology
Host rockSand and Gravel · Sand & Clay, Lowland Deposits (Sunderland)
Tectonic settingPlatform Deposits
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1954 or 1955
First production1955
Last production1962
Discovery year1951
Identification
Deposit ID10067935
MRDS IDW000836
Alternate namesCove Point Prospect, Cove Point Rutile Deposit
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.38278, -76.38528
References
PEARRE, N.C., 1961, USGS MAP MR-12Engineering and Mining Journal, 1955, v. 156, no. 4, p. 126.Mountford, K., 2001, Cove Point--Mariner's safe harbor now threatened by ships: Chesapeake Bay Journal, Nov. 2001. [http://www.bayjournal.com/article.cfm?article=1982] accessed June 2, 2010.