Heavy Mineral Placer

Occurrence in Macon county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Titanium, Metal
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068326
MRDS ID W001326
Record type Site
Current site name Heavy Mineral Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.38349, 35.08789 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Macon(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Prentiss(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Macon

Comments on the location information

  • LAT-LONG VALUES FROM USGS NATIONAL ATLAS ARE FOR A GENERAL LOCATION IN THE GIVEN COUNTY (MACON) ALONG THE LITTLE TENNESSEE RIVER & TRIB.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Kyanite Ore
Rutile Ore

Analytical data

Result RUTILE 0.1-1.0% OF CHANNEL SAMPLES. TOTAL VALUE .40-1.40 DOLLARS PER TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.38349, 35.08789

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUB.USGS PROF. PAP

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1973 Force, Eric R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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