South Carolina · Beaufort County
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Hilton Head Island

Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States
ZirconiumTitaniumThorium
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Commodities
PrimaryZirconium, Titanium, Thorium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer-Modern-Fluvial
Deposit sizeN
Materials
Ore mineralsMonazite, Zircon, Rutile, Ilmenite
GangueXenotime, Tourmaline, Garnet, Magnesioferrite, Epidote, Magnetite
Economic & production
Development statusUnknown
Identification
Deposit ID10096170
MRDS IDW002532
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.18348, -80.71651
References
WILLIAMS, LLOYD, 1967, HEAVY MINERALS IN SOUTH CAROLINA: SOUTH CAROLINA STATE DEVELOP. BOARD, DIV. GEOLOGY, BULL. 35, P. 35MCCAULEY, C. K., 1960, EXPLORATION FOR HEAVY MINERALS ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA: SOUTH CAROLINA STATE DEVELOP. BOARD, DIV. GEOLOGY, BULL. 26, P. 131954 DIREXPL U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, HELPED DEVELOP RESERVES OF HEAVY MINERAL SANDS1955 DIREXPL NATIONAL LEAD CO. (NOW N.L. INDUSTRIES) FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF RESERVES OF HEAVY MINERAL SANDSWilliams, Lloyd, 1967, Heavy Minerals In South Carolina: South Carolina State Develop. Board, Div. Geology, Bull. 35, P. 35Williams, Lloyd, 1967, Heavy Minerals In South Carolina: South Carolina State Develop. Board, Div. Geology, Bull. 35, P. 35Hansen, L. A., And Caldwell, D. W., 1955, Monazite Placers On Rabon Creek, Laurens County, And Big Generostee Creek, Anderson County, South Carolina: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Report, Rme-3118, 26 Pp.Hansen, L. A., And Caldwell, D. W., 1955, Monazite Placers On Rabon Creek, Laurens County, And Big Generostee Creek, Anderson County, South Carolina: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Report, Rme-3118, 26 Pp.