| Deposit ID | 10026480 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K005122 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mars Hill Deposit |
| Alternate or previous names | Rev. Corn Monazite Deposit |
| Geographic coordinates: | -82.59153, 35.8101 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 4900 FEET SOUTH OF BULL CREEK SCHOOL |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Madison(county)
North Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mars Hill(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Madison |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| REE Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Monazite | Ore |
| Biotite | Gangue |
| Feldspar | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | FROM OVERSTREET (1967): RE2O3 - 63.29%, THO2 - 6.55%, U3O8 - .036%, P2O5 23.44%, S1O2 2.03%, AL2O3 - 1.64%, FE2O3 1.74%, CAO .80% |
|---|---|
| Result | MGO 0.15%, PB 0.179%, MNO - .16%, H2O - .28%, H2O+1.22%, INSOLUBLE RESIDUE .40%, TOTAL 101.91%. |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| Rock unit name | Bio Granitic Gneiss (Unit 1) Craneberry Granite |
| Rock description | Bio Granitic Gneiss (Unit 1) Craneberry Granite |
| (1) | -82.59153, 35.8101 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 4.57M |
| Length | 30.48M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1891 |
| Discoverer | First Reported By Genth |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.016HA |
| Overall depth | 13.72M |
| Overall length | 22.86M |
| Overall width | 7.62M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K005122 |
SCHALLER, W. T., 1933, A LARGE MONAZITE CRYSTAL FROM NORTH CAROLINA: AM. MINERALOGIST, V. 18, P. 435-439.
OVERSTREET, W. C., 1967, THE GEOLOGIC OCCURRENCE OF MONAZITE: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 530, 327 P.
GENTH, F. A., 1891, THE MINERALS OF NORTH CAROLINA: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 74, 119 P.
MARBLE, J. R., 1936, POSSIBLE AGE OF MONAZITE FROM MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA: AM. MINERALOGIST, V. 21, P. 456 - 457.
5) PRATT, J. H., 1913, NEW OCCURRENCES OF MONAZITE IN NORTH CAROLINA: JOURN. ELISHA MITCHELL SCI. SOC., BULL. 28, P. 153 - 156.
6) PRATT, J. H., 1916, ZIRCON, MONAZITE AND OTHER MINERALS, USED IN THE PRODUCTION OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURING OF LIGHTING APPARATUS: NORTH CAROLINA GEOL. AND ECON. SURVEY, BULL. 25, P. 47.
7) MERSCHAT, C. E., IN PROGRESS 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP AND MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE MARS HILL QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF NAT. ECON. RESOURCES, MINERAL R ESOURCES SECTION GM 191-SE AND MRS 191-SE.
7) MERSCHAT, C. E., IN PROGRESS 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP AND MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE MARS HILL QUADRANGLE; NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES SEC. GM 191-SE AND MRS 191-SE
1891 OTHER GENTH, USGS BULL. 74
1933 OTHER SCHALLER, AM. MINERALOGIST, V. 18, P. 435 - 439
1967 COMPILE OVERSTREET, PROF. PAPER 530
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1976 | Merschat, Carl E. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUN-1992 | Klein, T.L. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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