Mine detail: Thicketty Creek Monazite Placer Eastern Tributary

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Location:	Cherokee County, South Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long:	35.07621, -81.67953
dep_id:	10078653
mrds_id:	W027110
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Thorium, REE
Trace mineral:	Tin, Corundum, Gold
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stream Placer
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Unknown
ore:	Staurolite, Tourmaline, Corundum, Kyanite, Cassiterite, Zircon, Ilmenite, Rutile, Magnetite, Garnet, Monazite
gangue:	Muscovite, Quartz, Feldspar
orebody_fm:	ALLUVIAL SANDS AND GRAVELS
work_type:	Surface
ore_ctrl:	Graphitic Biotite Schist Beds Strongly Pegmatized, And Associated With Granite Bodies
Reporter:	Nicholson, S.W.
hrock_type:	Gneiss
arock_type:	Granite
yfp_ba:	<
Year first produced:	1911
dy_ba:	<
disc_yr:	1910
References:	Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: KEITH, 1931 Deposit:: KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY - KINGS MOUNTAIN S. C. - N. C. FOLIO NO. 222 , USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U. S., MINE TEXT P. 10 , SYMBOL LOCATES SITE ON MAP AT 1:62,500 , TEXT 13 P. Deposit:: PLACER IN GAFFNEY TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000 Deposit:: 1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., MINE LOCATION Deposit:: Keith,A. And Sterret,D.B.,1931.Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles : U.S.G.S.,Geol. Atlas Folio Ser.,No.222 13p..,Mine Text P. 10 , Symbol Locates Site On Map At 1:62,500 , Text 13 P.Keith,A. And Sterret,D.B.,1931.Description Of The Gaffney And Kings Mountain Quadrangles : U.S.G.S.,Geol. Atlas Folio Ser.,No.222 13p..,Mine Text P. 10 , Symbol Locates Site On Map At 1:62,500 , Text 13 P.