| Deposit ID | 10106025 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W027102 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Camp Creek Monazite Placer S Tributary |
| Geographic coordinates: | -81.68844, 35.18955 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 226 |
| Relative position | 6.0 KM NNW OF GRASSY POND, S. C. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Cleveland(county)
North Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Boiling Springs South(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Cleveland |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| REE Critical | Primary |
| Thorium | Primary |
| Tin Critical | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Corundum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cassiterite | Ore |
| Corundum | Ore |
| Garnet | Ore |
| Ilmenite | Ore |
| Kyanite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Monazite | Ore |
| Rutile | Ore |
| Staurolite | Ore |
| Tourmaline | Ore |
| Zircon | Ore |
| Feldspar | Gangue |
| Muscovite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | IN PLACES BEDROCK BEDS CONTAIN 1 % TO LESS THAN 0.03 % MONAZITE |
|---|---|
| Result | PANNED SAPROLITE YIELDS A FEW GRAINS TO MORE THAN ONE TEASPOONFUL OF MONAZITE PER SHOVELFUL |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| (1) | -81.68844, 35.18955 |
|---|
| General form | ALLUVIAL SANDS AND GRAVELS |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 1M |
| Depth to top | 0.7M |
| Depth to bottom | 2M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1910 |
| Year of first production | 1911 |
| District name | Gaffney Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 2M |
| Overall length | 548.64M |
| Overall width | 75M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W027102 |
KEITH, 1931
KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY - KINGS MOUNTAIN S. C. - N. C. FOLIO NO. 222 , USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U. S., MINE TEXT P. 10 , SYMBOL LOCATES SITE ON MAP AT 1:62,500 , TEXT 13 P.
PLACER IN BOILING SPRINGS SOUTH TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000
1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., MINE LOCATION
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | OUTCROP STRINGER OF GRANITE WITHIN 200 M OF STREAM TO WEST TRENDING EAST - WEST; AREA SUPPOSEDLY UNDERLAIN BY GRANITIC BODY |
| Deposit | BASAL GRAVELS SLUICED; GRAVELS DEPOSITED AT SITE AFTER MAJOR FLOODS ALSO SLUICED; AS MANY AS THREE TO FOUR MAJOR FLOODS PER YEAR |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1977 | D'Agostino, John P. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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