Mine detail: Tyger River

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Location:	Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long:	34.86681, -81.99983
dep_id:	10069112
mrds_id:	W002511
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Placer-Modern-Fluvial
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Unknown
ore:	Monazite, Zircon, Rutile, Ilmenite
gangue:	Magnesioferrite, Epidote, Garnet, Magnetite
Reporter:	Nicholson, S.W., Cooper, Margaret
References:	Deposit:: WILLIMAS, LLOYD, 1967, HEAVY MINERALS IN SOUTH CAROLINA: SOUTH CAROLINA STATE DEVELOP BOARD, DIV. GEOLOGY, BULL. 35, P. 35 Deposit:: HANSEN, L.A., AND CUPPELS, N.P., 1955, MONAZITE PLACER AT THE JUNCTION OF THE NORTH TYGER RIVER WITH THE MIDDLE TYGER RIVER, SPARTANBURG COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA: U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMM. REPT. RME-3117, P. 22 (PREPARED BY U.S. BUREAU OF MINES AND USGS) Deposit:: Williams, Lloyd, 1967, Heavy Minerals In South Carolina: South Carolina State Develop. Board, Div. Geology, Bull. 35, P. 35Williams, Lloyd, 1967, Heavy Minerals In South Carolina: South Carolina State Develop. Board, Div. Geology, Bull. 35, P. 35 Deposit:: Kline, M.H., Griffith, R.F., And Hansen, L.A., 1954, Hollow Creek Monazite Placer, Aiken County, South Carolina: U.S. Atomic Energy Energy Commission, Report, Rme-3127, 29pp.Kline, M.H., Griffith, R.F., And Hansen, L.A., 1954, Hollow Creek Monazite Placer, Aiken County, South Carolina: U.S. Atomic Energy Energy Commission, Report, Rme-3127, 29pp. Reserve-Resource:: WILLIAMS, LLOYD, 1967