Mine detail: Ledford Allanite Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

35.7876, -82.94209

Resource(M)

Primary:	REE, Thorium
Ore:	Allanite, Euxenite
Gangue:	Epidote, Feldspar, Magnetite, Quartz
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL
Discovery year:	1955

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Pegmatite
Associated rock:	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
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	About One Mile To The Northwest, The Meadow Creek Fault Strikes Northeastward.
Tectonic:	Blue Ridge

References

MRDS	K003515
DEP	10095000
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Hale, Robin C., Klein, T.L.