Knob Creek Monazite Placer, Cleveland County, North Carolina
Description:
From abstract: The area comprising the first flood plain downstream from the headwaters of Knob Creek was one of three monazite placer deposits near Shelby, N. C., recommended by the Geological Survey for investigation by the Bureau of Mines as a joint effort by the above two agencies. Past production of monazite from the headwaters of this stream and its drainage of an area of known source rocks were factors influencing this selection. Drilling of the deposit was started on November 26, 1951, …
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Date:
January 1953
Creator:
Griffith, R. F. & Overstreet, William C.
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