Mine detail: Carter-Branch Prospect

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Location: Lee County, Texas, United States, North America
Lat / long: 30.29216, -96.67334
dep_id: 10063019
mrds_id: TC36633
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Thorium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Beach Placer
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Ilmenite, Magnetite, Zircon
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
model: 119: Placer Au-PGE
Reporter: Long, Keith R.
hrock_unit: Wellborn Formation
hrock_type: Sandstone
tectonic: Passive Continental Margin
disc_yr: 1954
References:
  • Deposit:: SHELBY, C.A., 1965, HEAVY MINERALS IN THE WELLBORN FORMATION, LEE AND BURLESON COUNTIES, TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 55, 54P.
  • Deposit:: HAHN, A. ET AL., 1961, TITANIUM-BEARING DEPOSITS IN SOUTH TEXAS: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 5712, 84P.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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