Mine detail: Shooting Creek

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Location: Clay County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.05011, -83.7499
dep_id: 10069118
mrds_id: W002529
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Thorium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
gangue: Magnetite
other_matl: Ilmenite, Monazite, Rutile, Zircon
ore_ctrl: Precambrian Crystalline Schist And Gneiss With Pegmatite Intrusions As Source Of Minerals
Reporter: Cooper, Margaret
arock_type: Pegmatite
References:
  • Deposit:: WILLIAMS, LLOYD, 1964, TITANIUM DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. CONSERV. AND DEVELOP., DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES INF. CIRC. 19, P. 5
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