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

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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