Commodities
PrimaryREE, Thorium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formPINCH AND SWELL
Ore controlPegmatites
Materials
Ore mineralsAllanite, Euxenite
GangueEpidote, Feldspar, Magnetite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockPegmatite
Associated rockGranite · Pegmatites;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
StructureAbout One Mile To The Northwest, The Meadow Creek Fault Strikes Northeastward.
Tectonic settingBlue Ridge
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1955
Identification
Deposit ID10095000
MRDS IDK003515
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.7876, -82.94209
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