REF:Deposit:: 1. WILLIAMS, LLOYD, 1964, TITANIUM DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. CONSERV. AND DEVELOP., DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES INF. CIRC. 19, 51 P.
Deposit:: NITZE, H. B. C., 1893, IRON ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOL. SURVEY
Commodities (Trace) - Iron, Titanium - Metal
Deposit Type: Vein
Development Status: Occurrence
Host Rock Unit: Sandstone, Rock Springs Formation
Host Rock: Hornblendite, Gneiss, Pegmatite

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Great Smoky Mountains Rift BasinBasin
PedmontiaAccretionary Complex
Piedmontia DomainDomain

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⭔Southeastern United StatesArea

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