| Deposit ID | 10068559 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W001677 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Waldroop |
| Alternate or previous names | Franklin Area |
| Geographic coordinates: | -83.44989, 35.15011 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Macon(county)
North Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Franklin(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 |
|---|---|
| Titanium, Metal Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Unknown |
| (1) | -83.44989, 35.15011 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W001677 |
WILLIAMS, LLOYD, 1964, TITANIUM DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. CONSERV. AND DEVELOP., DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES INF. CIRC. 19, 51 P.
BAYLEY, W. S., 1923, MAGNETIC IRON ORES OF EAST TENNESSEE AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 32, P. 225.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FINE-GRAINED ORE IN CHLORITIC GANGUE AND SLIGHTLY GARNETIFEROUS IN PLACES. DEPOSIT CONTAINS 20.64% IRON AND 3.20% TIO2. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1972 | Cooper, Margaret | U.S. Geological Survey |
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