| Deposit ID | 10026272 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K003514 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Odell Allanite Prospect |
| 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. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Madison |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| REE Critical | Tertiary |
| Thorium | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Allanite | Ore |
| Euxenite | Ore |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Feldspar | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| 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. |
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| 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 | ||||
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| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite |
| (1) | -82.9482, 35.78288 |
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| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Meadow Fork Fault Trends Northeast And Is About One Mile To The Northwest |
| General form | PINCH AND SWELL |
|---|---|
| Width | 1.22M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1955 |
| Discoverer | Oscar Rogers |
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mccall Manufacturing Co. |
| Home office | Easley, S.C. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K003514 |
CONLEY, J.F., 1958, MINERAL LOCALITIES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES INF. CIRC. 16, 83 P
1958 COMPILE CONLEY, J.F., N.C. INF. CIR. 1
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1975 | Hale, Robin C. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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