Mine detail: Big Mountain Creek

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Location: Anderson County, South Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.40013, -82.76657
dep_id: 10069115
mrds_id: W002524
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Alluvial Placer
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Unknown
ore: Monazite, Zircon, Rutile, Ilmenite
gangue: Magnesioferrite, Quartz, Garnet, Magnetite
ore_ctrl: Granite And Biotite Gneiss Underlie Placer
Reporter: Nicholson, S.W., Cooper, Margaret
Structure: Alluvial
References:
  • Deposit:: WILLIAMS, LLOYD, 1967, HEAVY MINERALS IN SOUTH CAROLINA: SOUTH CAROLINA STATE DEVELOP. BOARD, DIV. GEOLOGY, BULL. 35, P. 3
  • 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
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