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Bowen Branch Monazite Placer

Past Producer in Rutherford county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Thorium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080591
MRDS ID W031892
Record type Site
Current site name Bowen Branch Monazite Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.7065, 35.38288 (WGS84)
Elevation 287
Relative position 15.5 KM NNW OF BOILING SPRINGS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rutherford(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Polkville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Broad(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Rutherford

Comments on the location information

  • WEST SIDE OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Monazite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.7065, 35.38288
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY CURVED BOW-SHAPED TO SOUTHWEST: EXTENDS INTO ABANDONED HIGH-GRADE LIMESTONE QUARRY ON EAST, AND NEARLY TO ABANDONED HIGH-GRADE LIMESTONE QUARRY ON WEST

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OVERSTREET, W. C., R.G. YATES, AND W.R. GRIFFITTS, 1963, GEOLOGY OF THE SHELBY QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, USGS MISC. GEOL. INVESTIGATIONS MAP I - 384, 1:62,500

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ACTIVE SINCE 1954.
Deposit PLACER LENGTH 1.0 KM ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit THICKNESS OF DEFORMED GAFFNEY MARBLE FORMATION NOT GIVEN: OUTCROPS IN AREA AS TWO PARALLELING LIMBS, QUARRY IN NORTHERN LIMB ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 D'Agostino, John P. (Rowe, William D.) U.S. Geological Survey

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