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Shooting Creek

Occurrence in Clay county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Thorium
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069118
MRDS ID W002529
Record type Site
Current site name Shooting Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.7499, 35.05011 (WGS84)
Relative position HAYSVILLE, 6 MI. E. OF

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clay(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shooting Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fontana Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hiwassee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Nantahala 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 Clay

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary
Zirconium Critical Tertiary
Thorium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE PLACER DEPOSIT CONTAINS 0.44 PERCENT TI O2 AND HAS 30.5 LBS OF CONCENTRATE PER CU. YD.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Gangue
Ilmenite Unknown
Monazite Unknown
Rutile Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Precambrian Crystalline Schist And Gneiss With Pegmatite Intrusions As Source Of Minerals

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PLACER-MODERN-FLUVIAL AND VEINS IN QUARTZ STRINGERS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ITEM 2. 68,812 TONS ARE INFERRED ORE RESERVES OR 12 LB. (TI O2) PER CU. YD.
  • ITEM 2. 68,812 TONS ARE INFERRED ORE RESERVES OR 12 LBS OF TI O2 PER CU. YD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    WILLIAMS, LLOYD, 1964

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ESTIMATED 11 MILLION CU. YD. RECOVERABLE MATERIAL CONTAINING 172000 TONS OF CONCENTRATES WITH 40 PERCENT RECOVERABLE TI O2

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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