| Location: | Macon County, North Carolina, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 35.25872, -83.37821 |
| dep_id: | 10038133 |
| mrds_id: | M045419 |
| Commodity type: | metallic and nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Garnet |
| Minor mineral: | Gold |
| Trace mineral: | Copper, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic, Platinum |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Stream Placer |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Corundum, Gold, Sperrylite |
| gangue: | Biotite, Bronzite, Cordierite, Monazite, Pyrite, Rhodolite, Rutile |
| other_matl: | Garnet |
| orebody_fm: | STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS |
| model: | 119: Placer Au-PGE |
| conc_proc: | Entrapment By Irregularities In Stream Bed Or Deposition In Low-Energy Part Of Stream |
| ore_ctrl: | Stream Hydraulics |
| Reporter: | Blair, Will N., Whitlow, S., Peterson, Jocelyn A. |
| hrock_unit: | Coweeta Group;Tallulah Falls Formation |
| hrock_type: | Gravel |
| tectonic: | Appalachian Blue Ridge Province |
| disc_yr: | 1894 |
| discr: | W.E. Hidden |
| References: |
- Deposit:: HIDDEN, W.E., AND PRATT, J.H., 1898, ON THE ASSOCIATED MINERALS OF RHODOLITE: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, 4TH SERIES, V. 6, P. 463-468.
- Deposit:: KEMP, J.F., 1902, THE GEOLOGIC RELATIONS AND DISTRIBUTION OF PLATINUM AND ASSOCIATED METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 193, P. 34, 59.
- Deposit:: COOK, R.B., AND BURNELL, J.R., 1990, A GEOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE MASON MOUNTAIN SPERRYLITE OCCURRENCE, MACON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, IN COOK, R.B., ED., PROCEEDINGS OF THE SYMPOSIUM ON THE ECONOMIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHEAST: METALLIC ORE DEPOSITS: GEORGIA GEOLOGIC SURVEY BULLETIN 117, P. 163-176.
- Deposit:: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, FILE DATA.
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