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Sandy Run Monazite Placer Nw-Tributary

Past Producer in Cleveland 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 10080595
MRDS ID W031897
Record type Site
Current site name Sandy Run Monazite Placer Nw-Tributary

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.70622, 35.31816 (WGS84)
Elevation 238
Relative position 13.0 KM NW OF BOILING SPRINGS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cleveland(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boiling Springs North(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 Cleveland

Comments on the location information

  • ON VALLEY SLOPE BETWEEN MAJOR HIWAY AND RAILROAD

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FRESH SYENITE CRUSHED FOR BALLAST

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Monazite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.70622, 35.31816
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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 production information

  • THE SIZE OF THE WORKING INDICATES A MODERATE AMOUNT OF BALLAST PRODUCED

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF SIMILAR ROCK TYPE REMAINS

Comments on the workings information

  • SIZE OF OPENING BLASTED IN FRESH ROCK BY 1910: TOPO, 1969, SHOWS GRAVEL PIT WORKINGS AT SAME SITE 1,000 M LONG, 300 M WIDE INTO HILL SLOPE WITH WORKING FACES AS MUCH AS 18 M HIGH

Comments on development

  • ORIGINALLY FRESH ROCK BLASTED AND CRUSHED FOR BALLAST: PRESENTLY IT IS POSSIBLE THAT WEATHERED SYENITE BEDROCK IS CRUSHED AND SCREENED FOR GRAVEL SUPPLIES

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 MASSIVE SYENITE UNDERLIES LARGE AREA: VERTICAL JOINTS STRIKE N40E WITH SLICKENSIDE SURFACES: OLD PITS WATER-FILLED: ROCK QUARRY INACTIVE, GRAVEL PITS MAY BE ACTIVE
Deposit SYENITE MASSIVE AND WEAKLY FOLIATED: IS OF DARK-GRAY COLOR AND COARSE TEXTURE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit COMBINED LENGTH OF PLACERS OF THREE TRIBUTARIES IS 1.0 KM. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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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