Cane Creek placer, South Mountain District, McDowell Co., North Carolina, USA
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 35° 33' 26'' North , 81° 51' 14'' West |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 35.55750,-81.85416 |
Commodities (Major) - REE, Gold
Development Status: Producer
Host Rock: Mica Schist
Tectonic Structure: Blue Ridge
Production:: JAMES CHAPMAN; AGE ABOUT 60 IN 1975; OWNER AND O....
Mineral List
1 valid mineral.
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This geological map and associated information on rock units at or nearby to the coordinates given for this locality is based on relatively small scale geological maps provided by various national Geological Surveys. This does not necessarily represent the complete geology at this locality but it gives a background for the region in which it is found.
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Ordovician - Cambrian 443.8 - 541 Ma | Migmatitic Granitic Gneiss Age: Paleozoic (443.8 - 541 Ma) Description: Foliated to massive, granitic to quartz dioritic; biotite gneiss and amphibolite common. Lithology: Major:{biotite gneiss}, Minor:{amphibolite} Reference: Horton, J.D., C.A. San Juan, and D.B. Stoeser. The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) geodatabase of the conterminous United States. doi: 10.3133/ds1052. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1052. [133] |
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