| Deposit ID | 10093343 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W001674 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Thorpe |
| Geographic coordinates: | -83.13321, 35.16678 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Jackson(county)
North Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Glenville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Fontana Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Tuckasegee(hydrologic unit)
Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Tennessee(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Jackson |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Titanium, Metal Critical | Tertiary |
| Thorium | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Ilmenite | Unknown |
| Magnetite | Unknown |
| Monazite | Unknown |
| (1) | -83.13321, 35.16678 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W001674 |
WILLIAMS, LLOYD, 1964, TITANIUM DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. CONSERV. AND DEVELOP., DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES INF. CIRC. 19, 51 P
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | AVERAGE ILMENITE CONTENT OF CONCENTRATE FROM TWO STREAM GRAVEL SAMPLES WAS 12.5% WITH 1.5% MONAZITE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1972 | Cooper, Margaret | U.S. Geological Survey |
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