Mine detail: Mars Hill Deposit

Previously called 'Rev. Corn Monazite Deposit'

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Location: Madison County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.8101, -82.59153
dep_id: 10026480
mrds_id: K005122
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: REE
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Monazite
gangue: Biotite, Feldspar, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Pegmatite
Reporter: Merschat, Carl E., Klein, T.L.
hrock_unit: Bio Granitic Gneiss (Unit 1) Craneberry Granite
hrock_type: Granite
arock_type: Pegmatite
tectonic: Blue Ridge
disc_yr: 1891
discr: First Reported By Genth
References:
  • Deposit:: SCHALLER, W. T., 1933, A LARGE MONAZITE CRYSTAL FROM NORTH CAROLINA: AM. MINERALOGIST, V. 18, P. 435-439.
  • Deposit:: OVERSTREET, W. C., 1967, THE GEOLOGIC OCCURRENCE OF MONAZITE: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 530, 327 P.
  • Deposit:: GENTH, F. A., 1891, THE MINERALS OF NORTH CAROLINA: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 74, 119 P.
  • Deposit:: MARBLE, J. R., 1936, POSSIBLE AGE OF MONAZITE FROM MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA: AM. MINERALOGIST, V. 21, P. 456 - 457.
  • Deposit:: 5) PRATT, J. H., 1913, NEW OCCURRENCES OF MONAZITE IN NORTH CAROLINA: JOURN. ELISHA MITCHELL SCI. SOC., BULL. 28, P. 153 - 156.
  • Deposit:: 6) PRATT, J. H., 1916, ZIRCON, MONAZITE AND OTHER MINERALS, USED IN THE PRODUCTION OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURING OF LIGHTING APPARATUS: NORTH CAROLINA GEOL. AND ECON. SURVEY, BULL. 25, P. 47.
  • Deposit:: 7) MERSCHAT, C. E., IN PROGRESS 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP AND MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE MARS HILL QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF NAT. ECON. RESOURCES, MINERAL R ESOURCES SECTION GM 191-SE AND MRS 191-SE.
  • Deposit:: 7) MERSCHAT, C. E., IN PROGRESS 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP AND MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE MARS HILL QUADRANGLE; NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES SEC. GM 191-SE AND MRS 191-SE
  • Deposit:: 1891 OTHER GENTH, USGS BULL. 74
  • Deposit:: 1933 OTHER SCHALLER, AM. MINERALOGIST, V. 18, P. 435 - 439
  • Deposit:: 1967 COMPILE OVERSTREET, PROF. PAPER 530
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