Ned Wilson Branch, Mason Mountain, Macon Co., North Carolina, USA

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REF:Deposit:: KEMP, J.F., 1902, THE GEOLOGIC RELATIONS AND DISTRIBUTION OF PLATINUM AND ASSOCIATED METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 193, P. 59.
Deposit:: HIDDEN, W.E., 1898, SPERRYLITE IN NORTH CAROLINA: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, 4TH SERIES, V.
Commodities (Major) - Abrasive - Garnet; (Minor) - Gold; (Trace) - Arsenic, PGE - Platinum, Copper, Zinc, Lead
Deposit Type: Stream Placer
Development Status: Past Producer
Deposit Model: 119: Placer Au-PGE
Host Rock Unit: Coweeta Group, Mullen Creek Complex
Host Rock: Gravel
Tectonic Structure: Appalachian Blue Ridge Province

Map Reference: 35°16'9"N , 83°21'51"W

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Mineral List:

Anthophyllite
Biotite
Cordierite
Corundum

Enstatite
var: Bronzite
Gold
Hypersthene
'Monazite'

Pyrope
var: Rhodolite
Rutile
Sperrylite
Zircon

12 entries listed. 7 valid minerals.

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