Commodities
PrimaryTitanium, Metal
SecondaryZirconium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlCurrent From Mobile Bay
Materials
Ore mineralsIlmenite, Rutile, Zircon
GangueKyanite, Staurolite, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rockSand and Gravel · Recent Off-Shore Sediments
StructureBarrier Island
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10079913
MRDS IDW030676
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates30.23357, -88.08336
References
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.CARLSTON, C.W., 1950, PLEISTOCENE HISTORY OF COASTAL ALABAMA: GEOL. SOC. AMERICA BULL. V 61, P. 1119-1130.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