Molybdenite Occurrence

Occurrence in Henderson county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Molybdenum
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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10091839
MRDS ID K000018
Record type Site
Current site name Molybdenite Occurrence
Related records 10248842

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.43347, 35.23928 (WGS84)
Relative position NORTHWEST OF TUXEDO, N. C.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Henderson(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Zirconia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hendersonville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(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 Henderson

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION VERY GENERALIZED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.43347, 35.23928

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Mr. Troy Alverson

Comments on development

  • LOCATION NOT VISITED NOR OCCURRENCE CONFIRMED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HALE, R.C., 1965, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, KEYSORT CARD FILE REPORT ON APRIL 29, 1965 FIELDTRIP

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SPECIMEN OF MATERIAL IDENTIFIED BY R. C. HALE TVA AS MOLYBDENITE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN COLLECTED FROM LOCALITY BY MR ALVERSON, DETAILS LACKING

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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