Mine detail: Northern Trib Ross Creek Monazite Placer

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Location: Cherokee County, South Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.15731, -81.69703
dep_id: 10089504
mrds_id: W027104
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Thorium, REE
Trace mineral: Gold, Tin, Corundum
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: *gostino, John P., Nicholson, S.W.
hrock_type: Gneiss
arock_type: Granite
yfp_ba: <
Year first produced: 1911
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1910
References:
  • 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 BOILING SPRINGS SOUTH 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.
  • Production:: KEITH, 1931
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