Molybdenite Occurrence

Occurrence in Macon county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025081
MRDS ID K000017
Record type Site
Current site name Molybdenite Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.65239, 35.0915 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clay(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shooting Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fontana Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hiwassee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Nantahala National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Croatan National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

National Forests in North Carolina(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Macon

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION DESCRIBED BY PRATT (1916) AS ON TREMONT MOUNTAIN, MACON COUNTY. COORDINATES ARE GENERALIZED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.65239, 35.0915

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRATT, J.H., 1916, ZIRCON, MONAZITE AND OTHER MINERALS USED IN THE PRODUCTION OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF LIGHTING APPARATUS: NORTH CAROLINA GEOL. AND ECON. SURVEY BULL. 25, 120 P

  • Deposit

    1916 COMPILE PRATT, N.C. GEOL & ECON SURVE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS LOCATION HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED. DETAILS ARE LACKING IN PRATT(1916)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.