North Carolina · Cleveland County
Past Producer

Foster Monazite Mine

Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States
ThoriumREE
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Commodities
PrimaryThorium
TertiaryREE
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlNear Contact Of Toluca Quartz Monzonite And Mica Gneiss Unit
Materials
Ore mineralsMonazite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1920
Discovery year1920
Identification
Deposit ID10089804
MRDS IDW031876
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates35.4851, -81.49344
References
SRC.REF: MERTIE, 1946, USGS SAMPLE NO. 45 MT 135MERTIE, J.D., 1946, UNPUBLISHED INFORMATIONMINE IN CHERRYVILLE TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,0001946 RECON MERTIE, TRACE ELEMENT