Mine detail: Hilton Head Island

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 32.18348, -80.71651

Resource(M)

Primary: Zirconium, Titanium, Thorium
Ore: Monazite, Zircon, Rutile, Ilmenite
Gangue: Xenotime, Tourmaline, Garnet, Magnesioferrite, Epidote, Magnetite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer-Modern-Fluvial
Production size: None
Development status: Unknown

Geology

References

MRDSW002532
DEP10096170
Reference{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.}
ReporterCooper, Margaret, Nicholson, S.W.