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The objectives of this survey were to acquire additional information, pri- 

 marily subbottom data from known sand deposits along the south shore of Lake 

 Erie, and to investigate the areas between the known sand deposits for undis- 

 covered sand and gravel resources. 



Sizable sand deposits of more than 10 million cubic meters exist at four 

 areas. Sand in two of the areas, Fairport Harbor and Lorain-Vermilion, has the 

 highest potential for beach restoration projects. The Fairport Harbor deposit, 

 an elongate topographic high which extends about 10 kilometers offshore, is 

 estimated to contain about 146 million cubic meters of fine- to medium-grain 

 sand. The Lorain-Vermilion deposit starts about 9.5 kilometers offshore and is 

 estimated to contain about 32 million cubic meters of fine to coarse sand in the 

 inshore part of the deposit investigated in this study. The Cedar Point area, 

 at the mouth of Sandusky Bay, contains about 13 million cubic meters of very 

 fine and fine grain sand; the Maumee Bay area contains about 49 million cubic 

 meters of primarily fine grain sand. The fine grain size of the Cedar Point and 

 Maumee Bay deposits probably will restrict their use for beach restoration. 



Cores taken outside of the sand deposit areas generally contain modern 

 lacustrine mud or silt at the surface except in areas where till is exposed. A 

 few cores contained sand at depth but the overlying fine-grained sediment and 

 the lack of areal continuity make them undesirable as sand deposits for beach 

 restoration and nourishment. 



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