Mine detail: Hilton Head Island

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Location:	Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long:	32.18348, -80.71651
dep_id:	10096170
mrds_id:	W002532
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Zirconium, Titanium, Thorium
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Placer-Modern-Fluvial
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Unknown
ore:	Monazite, Zircon, Rutile, Ilmenite
gangue:	Xenotime, Tourmaline, Garnet, Magnesioferrite, Epidote, Magnetite
Reporter:	Cooper, Margaret, Nicholson, S.W.
References:	Deposit:: WILLIAMS, LLOYD, 1967, HEAVY MINERALS IN SOUTH CAROLINA: SOUTH CAROLINA STATE DEVELOP. BOARD, DIV. GEOLOGY, BULL. 35, P. 35 Deposit:: MCCAULEY, C. K., 1960, EXPLORATION FOR HEAVY MINERALS ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA: SOUTH CAROLINA STATE DEVELOP. BOARD, DIV. GEOLOGY, BULL. 26, P. 13 Deposit:: 1954 DIREXPL U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, HELPED DEVELOP RESERVES OF HEAVY MINERAL SANDS Deposit:: 1955 DIREXPL NATIONAL LEAD CO. (NOW N.L. INDUSTRIES) FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF RESERVES OF HEAVY MINERAL SANDS Deposit:: Williams, 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. 35 Deposit:: 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.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.