Odell Allanite Prospect

Occurrence in Madison county in North Carolina, United States with commodities REE, Thorium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026272
MRDS ID K003514
Record type Site
Current site name Odell Allanite Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.9482, 35.78288 (WGS84)
Elevation 1103
Relative position 0.3 MILE (AIRLINE) NORTHEAST OF LITTLE CREEK GAP, AND HALFWAY BETWEEN EAST FORK AND WEST FORK OF LITTLE CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lemon Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Asheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper French Broad(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pisgah 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 Madison

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Tertiary
Thorium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Allanite Ore
Euxenite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SPECTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS BY COLORADO ASSAYING COMPANY OF ALLANITE FROM EAST END OF CUT: 5% CE, 0.1% DY, 0.1% ER, 5% LA, 0.01% LU, 5% ND, 1.0% PR, 0.1% SM, 0.5 - 0.5% SC, 1 - 2% TH, 0.05% U, 0.1% V, 1.0% Y, 0.2% YB. A SAMPLE OF A POLYCRASE-XENOTIME MIXTURE CONTAINED 10% TH, BY SPECTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS. VALUES FIVEN ARE APPROXIMATE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Pegmatite;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
    Rock description Pegmatite;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, W
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.9482, 35.78288

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Meadow Fork Fault Trends Northeast And Is About One Mile To The Northwest

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins Of Pegmatitic Material

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Discoverer Oscar Rogers

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mccall Manufacturing Co.
    Home office Easley, S.C.

Reference information

Bibliographic 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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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