Mine detail: Aiken County Deposit

Previously called 'Hollow CreekTown CreekHorse Creek'

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Location

Lat / long: 33.43825, -81.86044

Resource(M)

Primary: REE
Secondary: Zirconium, Titanium
Other material: Epidote, Garnet, Ilmenite, Kaolin, Magnetite, Monazite, Quartz, Rutile, Staurolite, Zircon
Discovery year: 1879

Production

Operation type: Placer
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1955

Geology

References

MRDSW022343
MAS450030044
DEP10153408
Reference{Deposit:: KLINE, M.H., R.F. GRIFFITH, AND L.A. HANSON. HOLLOW}{Deposit:: CREEK, MONAZITE PLACER, AIKEN COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA.}{Deposit:: BUMINES REPORT RME-3127, 1954, 29 PP.}{Deposit:: LEMONS, J.F., JR. AND L.V. COPPA. MINING AND PROCESSING}{Deposit:: METHODS AND COST MODELS FOR THE RECOVERY OF THORIUM FROM}{Deposit:: DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. U.S. DEPT. OF ENERGY, GJBX-91(79),}{Deposit:: MAY 1979, PP. 26-49.}{Deposit:: MCCAULEY, C.K. EXPLORATION FOR HEAVY MINERALS ON HILTON}{Deposit:: HEAD ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA. DIVISION OF GEOLOGY, SOUTH}{Deposit:: CAROLINA DEVELOPMENT BOARD, BULL. 26, 1960, P. 2.}{Deposit:: OVERSTREET, W.C., P.K. THEOBALD, JR., AND J.W. WHITLOW.}{Deposit:: THORIUM AND URANIUM RESOURCES IN MONAZITE PLACERS OF THE}{Deposit:: WESTERN PIEDMONT, NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA. MIN. ENG. (NY),}{Deposit:: V. 11, JULY 1959, PP. 709-714.}{Deposit:: WILLIAMS L. HEAVY MINERALS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. DIVISION}{Deposit:: OF GEOLOGY, SOUTH CAROLINA DEVELOPMENT BOARD, BULL. 35,}{Deposit:: 1967, 35 PP.}{Reserve-Resource:: WILLIAMS, L. HEAVY MINERALS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. DIVISION}{Reserve-Resource:: CAROLINA STATE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, DIV. OF GEOLOGY,}{Reserve-Resource:: BULLETIN 35, COLUMBIA, S.C., 1967, PP. 7, 25, 26, 28.}{Reserve-Resource:: REFER TO SEQUENCE NOS. 0450030045, 0450030046, 0450030047.}
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