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Titanium Occurrence

Occurrence in Buncombe county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Titanium, Metal
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  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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026482
MRDS ID K005125
Record type Site
Current site name Titanium Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.53792, 35.78954 (WGS84)
Relative position 750' SE OF CONFLUENCE OF LITTLE IVY CREEK AND IVY CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Buncombe(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Buncombe

Comments on the location information

  • SINGEWALD (1913) AND WILLIAMS (1964) REPORTED TWO TITANIUM PLACER DEPOSITS ALONG IVY CREEK IN MADISON CO., HOWEVER INADEQUATE DESCRIPTIONS OF THEIR LOCATIONS PREVENTED RECOVERY OF THOSE OCCURRENCES IN THE FIELD. THIS OCCURRENCE IS IN VICINITY OF THEIR EASTERN MOST LOCATION ON IVY CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Rock unit name Bakersville Metagabbro
    Rock description Bakersville Metagabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.53792, 35.78954
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Placer Concentrations In Stream Beds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SINGEWALD, J. T., 1913, THE TITANIFEROUS IRON ORES IN THE UNITED STATES: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 64, P. 80-93.

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, LLOYD, 1964, TITANIUM DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF CONSERV. & DEVEL. DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES INF. CIRC. 19, 51 P.

  • Deposit

    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

  • Deposit

    1913 COMPILE SINGEWALD, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 64

  • Deposit

    1964 COMPILE WILLIAMS, N. C. DEPT. CONSERV. & DEVEL. DIV. MIN. RES. INFO. CIRC. 19

  • Deposit

    STREAM SEDIMENT SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED AND THE HEAVY MINERALS SEPARATED AND ANALYSED FOR TITANIUM BY R. M. LEWIS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITIES MINERALS RESEARCH LAB.

  • Deposit

    1975 OTHER LEWIS, NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY MINERALS RESEARCH LAB, UNPUBLISHED REPT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Merschat, Carl E. U.S. Geological Survey

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