Cashiers District

Occurrence in Jackson county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Tantalum, REE, Niobium (Columbium)
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000269
MRDS ID D001884
Record type District
Current site name Cashiers District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.08318, 35.08341 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cashiers(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fontana Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tugaloo(hydrologic unit)

Savannah(hydrologic accounting unit)

Ogeechee-Savannah(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Jackson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tantalum Critical Primary
REE Critical Primary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.08318, 35.08341

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name CASHIERS DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OLSON, J. C., 1952, PEGMATITES OF THE CASHIERS AND ZIRCONIA DISTRICTS, NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 64

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1975 PARKER, RAYMOND L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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