Mine detail: Ledford Allanite Prospect

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Location: Madison County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.7876, -82.94209
dep_id: 10095000
mrds_id: K003515
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: REE, Thorium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Allanite, Euxenite
gangue: Epidote, Feldspar, Magnetite, Quartz
orebody_fm: PINCH AND SWELL
ore_ctrl: Pegmatites
Reporter: Hale, Robin C., Klein, T.L.
hrock_type: Pegmatite
arock_unit: Pegmatites;Max Patch Granite; Porphyritic, Locally Coarse-Grained And Red (Due To Predominance Of Red Or Pink Feldspars). The Reddish Phase Of The Max Patch Granite Is Commonly Altered To The Extent That As Much As One-Half The Rock Consists Of Epidote, Which Also Occurs As Blebs And Veins In The Rock
arock_type: Granite
Structure: About One Mile To The Northwest, The Meadow Creek Fault Strikes Northeastward.
tectonic: Blue Ridge
disc_yr: 1955
discr: Oscar Rogers
References:
  • Deposit:: CONLEY, J.F., 1958, MINERAL LOCALITIES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES INF. CIRC. 16, 83 P
  • Deposit:: 1958 COMPILE CONLEY, J.F., N.C. INF. CIR. 1
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