Mine detail: Gaston County Pegmatite

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Location

Lat / long: 35.3168, -81.13312

Resource(M)

Primary: Niobium (Columbium)
Tertiary: Tantalum

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Unknown

Geology

References

MAS370710077
DEP10272940
Reference{Deposit:: # POINT OF REFERENCE IS CENTER OF COUNTY.}{Reserve-Resource:: TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH WALLACE GRIEFFTH OF THE USGS:}{Reserve-Resource:: HE DID NOT KNOW OF ANY PUBLISHED RESERVES OF COLUMBITE}{Reserve-Resource:: OR TANTALITE.}{Reserve-Resource:: TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH THOMAS JONES, COMMODITY}{Reserve-Resource:: SPECIALIST FOR COLUMBITE AND TANTALITE: HE DID NOT KNOW}{Reserve-Resource:: OF ANY PUBLISHED RESERVES.}{Reserve-Resource:: TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH AL CARPENTER OF THE NORTH}{Reserve-Resource:: CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY: HE DID NOT KNOW OF ANY}{Reserve-Resource:: PUBLISHED RESERVES FOR COLUMBITE OR TANTALITE.}{Reserve-Resource:: BROADHURST, S.D. LITHIUM RESOURCES OF NORTH CAROLINA.}{Reserve-Resource:: NORTH CAROLINA DEPARATMENT OF CONSERVATION AND}{Reserve-Resource:: DEVELOPMENT, DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, INFORMATION}{Reserve-Resource:: CIRCULAR 15, 1956, 37 PP.}
ReporterEastern Field Operations Center (EFOC)