Mine detail: Big Generostee Creek

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Location:	Anderson County, South Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long:	34.40013, -82.76657
dep_id:	10069121
mrds_id:	W002534
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, Garnet, Quartz, Epidote, Magnetite
ore_ctrl:	Granite And Biotite Gneiss Underlie Placer Deposit
Reporter:	Nicholson, S.W., Cooper, Margaret
References:	Deposit:: WILLIAMS, LLOYD, 1967, HEAVY MINERALS IN SOUTH CAROLINA: SOUTH CAROLINA STATE DEVELOP. BOARD, DIV. GEOLOGY, BULL. 35, P. 35 Deposit:: HANSEN, L.A., AND CALDWELL, D.W., 1955, MONAZITE PLACERS ON RABON CREEK, LAURENS COUNTY, AND BIG GENEROSTEE CREEK, ANDERSON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA: U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMM. REPT. RME-3118, P. 25 (PREPARED BY U.S. BUREAU OF MINES AND USGS) Deposit:: 1953 DIREXPL U.S. BUREAU OF MINES-DRILLING TO DETERMINE HEAVY MINERAL RESOURCE 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:: Hansen, L. A., And Caldwell, D. W., 1955, Monazite Placers On Rabon Creek, Laurens County, And Big Generostee Creek, Anderson County, South Carolina: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Report, Rme-3118, 26 Pp.Hansen, L. A., And Caldwell, D. W., 1955, Monazite Placers On Rabon Creek, Laurens County, And Big Generostee Creek, Anderson County, South Carolina: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Report, Rme-3118, 26 Pp.