Mine detail: Titanium Occurrence

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Location:	Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long:	35.78954, -82.53792
dep_id:	10026482
mrds_id:	K005125
Commodity type:	metallic
Trace mineral:	Titanium, Metal
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Placer
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Ilmenite
orebody_fm:	IRREGULAR
conc_proc:	Mechanical Concentration (Stream Placers)
ore_ctrl:	Placer Concentrations In Stream Beds
Reporter:	Merschat, Carl E.
hrock_type:	Gabbro
arock_unit:	Bakersville Metagabbro
arock_type:	Gabbro
tectonic:	Blue Ridge
References:	Deposit:: SINGEWALD, J. T., 1913, THE TITANIFEROUS IRON ORES IN THE UNITED STATES: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 64, P. 80-93. Deposit:: WILLIAMS, LLOYD, 1964, TITANIUM DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF CONSERV. & DEVEL. DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES INF. CIRC. 19, 51 P. Deposit:: 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:: 1913 COMPILE SINGEWALD, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 64 Deposit:: 1964 COMPILE WILLIAMS, N. C. DEPT. CONSERV. & DEVEL. DIV. MIN. RES. INFO. CIRC. 19 Deposit:: STREAM SEDIMENT SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED AND THE HEAVY MINERALS SEPARATED AND ANALYSED FOR TITANIUM BY R. M. LEWIS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITIES MINERALS RESEARCH LAB. Deposit:: 1975 OTHER LEWIS, NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY MINERALS RESEARCH LAB, UNPUBLISHED REPT.