Commodities
TertiaryTitanium, Metal
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlPlacer Concentrations In Stream Beds
Geology
Host rockGabbro
Associated rockGabbro · Bakersville Metagabbro
Tectonic settingBlue Ridge
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10026482
MRDS IDK005125
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates35.78954, -82.53792
References
SINGEWALD, J. T., 1913, THE TITANIFEROUS IRON ORES IN THE UNITED STATES: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 64, P. 80-93.WILLIAMS, LLOYD, 1964, TITANIUM DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF CONSERV. & DEVEL. DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES INF. CIRC. 19, 51 P.MERSCHAT, C. E., IN PROGRESS 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP AND MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE MARS HILL QUADRANGLE; NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES SEC. GM 191-SE AND MRS 191-SE1913 COMPILE SINGEWALD, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 641964 COMPILE WILLIAMS, N. C. DEPT. CONSERV. & DEVEL. DIV. MIN. RES. INFO. CIRC. 19STREAM SEDIMENT SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED AND THE HEAVY MINERALS SEPARATED AND ANALYSED FOR TITANIUM BY R. M. LEWIS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITIES MINERALS RESEARCH LAB.1975 OTHER LEWIS, NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY MINERALS RESEARCH LAB, UNPUBLISHED REPT.