Mine detail: Big Generostee Creek

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 34.40013, -82.76657

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

MRDSW002534
DEP10069121
Reference{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.}
ReporterNicholson, S.W., Cooper, Margaret