Mine detail: Town Creek

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 33.35015, -81.84984

Resource(M)

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

Production

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

Geology

References

MRDSW002514
DEP10069114
Reference{Deposit:: WILLIAMS, 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 COMM. REPT. RME-3127, P. 28 (PREPARED BY U.S. BUREAU OF MINES.)}{Deposit:: 1951 DIREXPL U.S}{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}
ReporterMaybin, Arthur H. III, Cooper, Margaret, Nicholson, S.W.