English Monazite Mine

Past Producer in Cleveland county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Thorium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080579
MRDS ID W031877
Record type Site
Current site name English Monazite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.51677, 35.30843 (WGS84)
Elevation 262
Relative position 2.5 KM NE OF SHELBY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cleveland(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shelby(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Broad(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Cleveland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Monazite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.51677, 35.30843

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D'AGOSTINO, JOHN P., PERSONAL OBSERVATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 D'Agostino, John P. (Rowe, William D.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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