| Deposit ID | 10068576 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W001712 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | West Fork No. 1 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -82.8832, 35.16678 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Transylvania(county)
North Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Lake Toxaway(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Hendersonville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper French Broad(hydrologic unit)
French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)
Tennessee(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Pisgah 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 | Transylvania |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Titanium, Metal Critical | Tertiary |
| Zirconium Critical | Tertiary |
| Thorium | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Ilmenite | Unknown |
| Magnetite | Unknown |
| Monazite | Unknown |
| Zircon | Unknown |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite |
| (1) | -82.8832, 35.16678 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W001712 |
1A. WILLIAMS, LLOYD, 1964, TITANIUM DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. CONSERV. AND DEVELOP., DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES INF. CIRC. 19, 51 P
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CONCENTRATE FROM TWO SAMPLES AVERAGED 3.5% ILMENITE, 1.0% ZIRCON AND 6.0% MONAZITE AND CAME FROM DECOMPOSED PEGMATITE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1972 | Cooper, Margaret | U.S. Geological Survey |
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