Mine detail: Yadkin Valley

Previously called 'Richlands Cove'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.06676, -81.54983

Resource(M)

Primary:	Titanium, Metal
Tertiary:	Zirconium, Thorium
Gangue:	Magnetite
Orebody form:	LENSES
Other material:	Ilmenite, Monazite, Rutile, Zircon

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1942

Geology

Structure:

Ilmenite Lenses In Sericitic Talc Lie Between A Footwall Of Gneiss And A Hanging Wall Of Schist

References

MRDS	W002527
DEP	10069116
Reference	{Deposit:: WILLIAMS, LLOYD, 1964, TITANIUM DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. CONSERV. AND DEVELOP., DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES INF. CIRC. 19, P. 51}{Deposit:: SINGEWALD, J.T., JR., 1913, THE TITANIFEROUS IRON ORES IN THE UNITED STATES--THEIR COMPOSITION AND ECONOMIC VALUE: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 64, P. 145}{Deposit:: 1942 YADKIN VALLEY MICA AND ILMENITE CO., ILMENITE PRODUCTIO}{Production:: WILLIAMS, 1964}
Reporter	Cooper, Margaret