Mine detail: Odell Allanite Prospect

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Location

Lat / long: 35.78288, -82.9482

Resource(M)

Tertiary: REE, Thorium
Ore: Allanite, Euxenite
Gangue: Epidote, Feldspar, Quartz
Orebody form: PINCH AND SWELL
Discovery year: 1955

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Pegmatite
Associated rock:Pegmatite;Max Patch Granite; Porphyritic, Locally Coarse-Grained And Red (Due To Predominance Of Red Or Pink Feldspars). The Reddish Phase Of The Max Patch Granite Is Commonly Altered To The Extent That As Much As One-Half The Rock Consists Of Epidote, Which Also Occurs As Blebs And Veins In The Rock
Associated type:Granite
Structure:Meadow Fork Fault Trends Northeast And Is About One Mile To The Northwest
Tectonic:Blue Ridge

References

MRDSK003514
DEP10026272
Reference{Deposit:: CONLEY, J.F., 1958, MINERAL LOCALITIES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES INF. CIRC. 16, 83 P}{Deposit:: 1958 COMPILE CONLEY, J.F., N.C. INF. CIR. 1}
ReporterHale, Robin C.