Mine detail: Tyger River

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 34.86681, -81.99983

Resource(M)

Primary: Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium
Ore: Monazite, Zircon, Rutile, Ilmenite
Gangue: Magnesioferrite, Epidote, Garnet, Magnetite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer-Modern-Fluvial
Production size: None
Development status: Unknown

Geology

References

MRDSW002511
DEP10069112
Reference{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}
ReporterNicholson, S.W., Cooper, Margaret