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West Branch Monazite Placer E Trib

Past Producer in Rutherford county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Thorium
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  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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080594
MRDS ID W031896
Record type Site
Current site name West Branch Monazite Placer E Trib

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.71261, 35.33677 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Relative position 10.5 KM NNW OF BOILING SPRINGS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rutherford(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boiling Springs North(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 Rutherford

Comments on the location information

  • ON CREST OF RIDGE SPUR ADJACENT TO SE LAKE NORMAN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Monazite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.71261, 35.33677
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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

Comments on the production information

  • EXTENT OF TOPO CONFIGURATION INDICATES A LARGE VOLUME OF CONSTRUCTION STONE PRODUCED

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF SIMILAR ROCK REMAINS

Comments on the workings information

  • AS OF 1970, TOPO CONFIGURATION SHOWS LARGE WORKING WITH POND

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OVERSTREET, W. C., R.G. YATES, AND W.R. GRIFFITTS, 1963, GEOLOGY OF THE SHELBY QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, USGS MISC. GEOL. INVESTIGATIONS MAP I - 384, 1:62,500

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLACER LENGTH 0.6 KM.
Deposit LARGE AREA UNDER LAIN BY GRANITIC
Deposit GRANITE MASSIVE TO WEAKLY FOLIATED, EVEN-GRAINED TO PORPHYRITIC ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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