Mine detail: Cove Point Placer

Previously called 'Cove Point Rutile DepositCove Point Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.38282, -76.38494

Resource(M)

Primary:	Titanium-Ilmenite, Titanium-Rutile
Secondary:	Zirconium
Ore:	Ilmenite, Rutile, Zircon
Discovery year:	1951

Production

Operation type:	Placer
Deposit type:	Placer
Production size:	None
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1954 or 1955
First production started:	1955
Last production ended:	1962

Geology

Host rock:	Sand & Clay, Lowland Deposits (Sunderland)
Host type:	Sand and Gravel
Tectonic:	Platform Deposits

References

MRDS	W000836
MAS	240090008
DEP	10067935
Reference	{Deposit:: PEARRE, N.C., 1961, USGS MAP MR-1}{Deposit:: Engineering and Mining Journal, 1955, v. 156, no. 4, p. 126.}{Deposit:: Mountford, K., 2001, Cove Point--Marine * safe harbor now threatened by ships: Chesapeake Bay Journal, Nov. 2001. [http://www.bayjournal.com/article.cfm?article=1982] accessed June 2, 2010.}
Reporter	Wright, Nancy A., Wilson, Anna B., Force, Eric R., Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC)