| Deposit ID | 10069116 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W002527 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Yadkin Valley |
| Alternate or previous names | Richlands Cove |
| Geographic coordinates: | -81.54983, 36.06676 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | RICHLAND |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Caldwell(county)
North Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Buffalo Cove(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Boone(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Winston-Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Yadkin(hydrologic unit)
Upper Pee Dee(hydrologic accounting unit)
Pee Dee(hydrologic subregion)
South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Caldwell |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Titanium, Metal Critical | Primary |
| Zirconium Critical | Tertiary |
| Thorium | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Ilmenite | Unknown |
| Monazite | Unknown |
| Rutile | Unknown |
| Zircon | Unknown |
| Result | ONE AVERAGE ORE SAMPLE CONTAINED 36 PERCENT IRON AND 14.9 PERCENT TI O2 |
|---|---|
| Result | ONE SELECTED SAMPLE, 28.24 PERCENT IRON AND 41.21 PERCENT TI O2 |
| Result | AND TWO SAMPLES, 37.1 AND 25.76 PERCENT IRON AND 36.4 AND 38.81 PERCENT TI O2 RESPECTIVELY |
| (1) | Biotite Granitic Gneiss |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ilmenite Lenses In Sericitic Talc Lie Between A Footwall Of Gneiss And A Hanging Wall Of Schist |
| General form | LENSES |
|---|---|
| Dip | 60 DEG |
| Thickness | 15.24M |
| Length | 365.76M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1942 |
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Yadkin Valley Mica And Ilmenite Co. |
| Year | 1952 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1942-1952 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | TI | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^Concentrates With 51 % Tio2 | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W002527 |
WILLIAMS, LLOYD, 1964, TITANIUM DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. CONSERV. AND DEVELOP., DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES INF. CIRC. 19, P. 51
SINGEWALD, J.T., JR., 1913, THE TITANIFEROUS IRON ORES IN THE UNITED STATES--THEIR COMPOSITION AND ECONOMIC VALUE: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 64, P. 145
1942 YADKIN VALLEY MICA AND ILMENITE CO., ILMENITE PRODUCTIO
WILLIAMS, 1964
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 75,000 CU. YD. OF ORE REMOVED FROM PIT, YIELDING 215,400+ CONCENTRATES AVERAGING 51 PERCENT TI O2. AFTER MINING OF RELATIVELY SOFT ORE FROM UPPER PART OF DEPOSIT, OPERATIONS CEASED BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED COST OF MINING AND CONCENTRATION OF HARD UNDERLYING ORE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1972 | Cooper, Margaret | U.S. Geological Survey |
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