| Deposit ID | 10098389 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M045643 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ned Wilson Branch |
| Geographic coordinates: | -83.36405, 35.26928 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 640 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 5 MI NORTH OF FRANKLIN ON NORTH SIDE OF MASON MOUNTAIN, Est Imated Along Caler Fork |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Macon(county)
North Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Greens Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Fontana Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Little Tennessee(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 | Macon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Garnet | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Platinum Critical | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Corundum | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Rhodolite | Ore |
| Sperrylite | Ore |
| Bronzite | Gangue |
| Cordierite | Gangue |
| Monazite | Gangue |
| Rutile | Gangue |
| Zircon | Gangue |
| Result | GOLD FINENESS=901. PANNED CONCENTRATES OF STREAM-SEDIMENT SAMPLES IN MASON MOUNTAIN AREA SHOWED AS MUCH AS 200 PPB PT (COOK AND BURNELL, 1990) |
|---|
| Model code | 119 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 39a |
| Deposit model name | Placer Au-PGE |
| Mark3 model number | 54 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel | ||
| Rock unit name | Coweeta Group;Tallulah Falls Formation | ||
| Rock description | Coweeta Group;Tallulah Falls Formation | ||
| |||
| (1) | -83.36405, 35.26928 |
|---|
| General form | STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1894 |
| Discoverer | W.E. Hidden |
| District name | Mason Mountain Area |
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| Ownership category | National Forest |
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M045643 |
KEMP, J.F., 1902, THE GEOLOGIC RELATIONS AND DISTRIBUTION OF PLATINUM AND ASSOCIATED METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 193, P. 59.
HIDDEN, W.E., 1898, SPERRYLITE IN NORTH CAROLINA: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, 4TH SERIES, V. 6, P. 381-383.
COOK, R.B., AND BURNELL, J.R., 1990, A GEOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE MASON MOUNTAIN SPERRYLITE OCCURRENCE, MACON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, IN COOK, R.B., ED., PROCEEDINGS OF THE SYMPOSIUM ON THE ECONOMIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHEAST: METALLIC ORE DEPOSITS: GEORGIA GEOLOGIC SURVEY BULLETIN 117, P. 163-176.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | OCCURRENCE IN OLD ALLUVIAL GRAVEL. SOURCE IS PROBABLY AT TOP OF MASON MOUNTAIN, WHICH IS GARNET-BIOTITE-SULFIDE GNEISS. SPERRYLITE MAY BE OF SUPERGENE ORIGIN (COOK AND BURNELL, 1990) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-75 | Blair, Will N. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-90 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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