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Ledford Allanite Prospect, Madison County, North Carolina, USAi
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Ledford Allanite ProspectProspect
Madison CountyCounty
North CarolinaState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
35° 47' 15'' North , 82° 56' 32'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Hot Springs562 (2017)15.4km
Cove Creek1,171 (2017)21.1km
Marshall876 (2017)23.3km
Parrottsville261 (2017)28.1km
Clyde1,243 (2017)28.4km
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ClubLocationDistance
Mountain Area Gem and Mineral Association (MAGMA)Asheville, North Carolina41km
Southern Appalachian Mineral SocietyAsheville, North Carolina41km
Mindat Locality ID:
101398
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:101398:9
GUID (UUID V4):
0


REF:Deposit:: CONLEY, J.F., 1958, MINERAL LOCALITIES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES INF. CIRC. 16, 83 P
Deposit:: 1958 COMPILE CONLEY, J.F., N.C. INF. CIR. 1
Commodities (Major) - Thorium, REE
Development Status: Occurrence
Structure: About One Mile To The Northwest, The Meadow Creek Fault Strikes Northeastward.
Host Rock: Pegmatite
Tectonic Structure: Blue Ridge

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4 valid minerals.

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Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Magnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Euxenite-(Y)4.DG.05(Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6
Group 9 - Silicates
Epidote9.BG.05a(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Unclassified
'K Feldspar'-
'Allanite Group'-(A12+REE3+)(M13+M23+M32+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
H Allanite Group(A12+REE3+)(M13+M23+M32+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
OOxygen
O Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
O Euxenite-(Y)(Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6
O MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
O QuartzSiO2
O Allanite Group(A12+REE3+)(M13+M23+M32+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
AlAluminium
Al Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
SiSilicon
Si Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Si QuartzSiO2
Si Allanite Group(A12+REE3+)(M13+M23+M32+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
CaCalcium
Ca Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Ca Euxenite-(Y)(Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6
TiTitanium
Ti Euxenite-(Y)(Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6
FeIron
Fe Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Fe MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
YYttrium
Y Euxenite-(Y)(Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6
NbNiobium
Nb Euxenite-(Y)(Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6
CeCerium
Ce Euxenite-(Y)(Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6
TaTantalum
Ta Euxenite-(Y)(Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6
ThThorium
Th Euxenite-(Y)(Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6
UUranium
U Euxenite-(Y)(Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6

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