Commodities
TertiaryREE, Thorium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formPINCH AND SWELL
Ore controlVeins Of Pegmatitic Material
Materials
Ore mineralsAllanite, Euxenite
GangueEpidote, Feldspar, Quartz
Geology
Host rockPegmatite
Associated rockGranite · Pegmatite;Max Patch Granite; Porphyritic, Locally Coarse-Grained And Red (Due To Predominance Of Red Or Pink Feldspars). The Reddish Phase Of The Max Patch Granite Is Commonly Altered To The Extent That As Much As One-Half The Rock Consists Of Epidote, Which Also Occurs As Blebs And Veins In The Rock
StructureMeadow Fork Fault Trends Northeast And Is About One Mile To The Northwest
Tectonic settingBlue Ridge
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1955
Identification
Deposit ID10026272
MRDS IDK003514
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates35.78288, -82.9482
References
CONLEY, J.F., 1958, MINERAL LOCALITIES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES INF. CIRC. 16, 83 P1958 COMPILE CONLEY, J.F., N.C. INF. CIR. 1