Carrico Pits

Occurrence in Alleghany county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Titanium, Metal, Iron
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068542
MRDS ID W001619
Record type Site
Current site name Carrico Pits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.96648, 36.55008 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alleghany(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cumberland Knob(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Galax(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winston-Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper New(hydrologic unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Alleghany

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.96648, 36.55008

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANALYSIS REPORTED 4.86% TIO2 AND 54.72% IRON IN MAGNETITE WITH STEATITE OR ASBESTOS GANGUE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1972 Cooper, Margaret U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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