Mine detail: Masons Branch

Previously called 'Mason Branch'

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Location

Lat / long: 35.25872, -83.37821

Resource(B)

Primary: Garnet
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic, Platinum
Ore: Corundum, Gold, Sperrylite
Gangue: Biotite, Bronzite, Cordierite, Monazite, Pyrite, Rhodolite, Rutile
Orebody form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
Other material: Garnet
Discovery year: 1894

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stream Placer
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Coweeta Group;Tallulah Falls Formation
Host type:Gravel
Tectonic:Appalachian Blue Ridge Province

References

MRDSM045419
DEP10038133
Reference{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.}
ReporterBlair, Will N., Whitlow, S., Peterson, Jocelyn A.