| Deposit ID | 10078669 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W027130 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Carroll Creek Gold Placer Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -81.73816, 35.88981 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 344 |
| Relative position | 2.2 KM SW OF BROWN MOUNTAIN BEACH |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Burke(county)
North Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Collettsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Hickory(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Catawba(hydrologic unit)
Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)
Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)
South Atlantic-Gulf(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 | Burke |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Niobium (Columbium) Critical | Tertiary |
| Tin Critical | Tertiary |
| REE Critical | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Monazite | Ore |
| Result | 4 GEOCHEMICAL SAMPLES ANALYZED BY THE SEMIQUANTITATIVE SPECTROGRAPHIC METHOD FOR 34 ELEMENTS |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Brown Mountain Granite | ||||||||
| Rock description | Brown Mountain Granite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium |
| Rock unit name | Stream Sediment Alluvium |
| Rock description | Stream Sediment Alluvium |
| (1) | -81.73816, 35.88981 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Broken Rock Near The Brevard Fault Zone |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Shears And Small Faults |
| General form | ALLUVIAL SANDS AND GRAVELS |
|---|---|
| Length | 2100M |
| Width | 175M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Blue Ridge District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 36000000HA |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W027130 |
PLACER IN COLLETTSVILLE TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000
1967 GEOCHEM J. WHITLOW, ELEMENT CONTENT
1968 GEOCHEM J. WHITLOW, ELEMENT CONTENT
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | NO SIGNS THIS CREEK HAS EVER BEEN MINED; SHOULD BE CHECKED THOROUGHLY |
| Deposit | ALL SAMPLES FROM AREA CONTAIN ABOVE BACKGROUND AMOUNTS OF GOLD, NIOBIUM, - TANTALUM, TIN, LEAD, AND YTTRIUM AND SOME CONTAIN THORIUM AND ZINC. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1977 | Whitlow, Jesse W. | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.