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<strong>Rare</strong> <strong>Earth</strong> <strong>Elements</strong> <strong>Review</strong> Appendix B – REE Mines and Mineral Deposits in the U.S.<br />

State /<br />

Province Deposit Type<br />

New York Hydrothermal Fe-<br />

Oxide<br />

North<br />

Carolina<br />

North<br />

Carolina<br />

South<br />

Carolina<br />

Georgia<br />

Map<br />

Reference<br />

No (Figure<br />

3-1) Deposit Name Status Company Comments<br />

272 Mineville<br />

dumps<br />

Past Fe<br />

producer;<br />

REE resource<br />

Placer, Alluvial 654 Marion Past<br />

byproduct<br />

producer<br />

Placer, Alluvial Location n/a Carolina<br />

monazite belt<br />

Rhône-<br />

Poulenc<br />

Imperial<br />

Mining Co.<br />

(1990)<br />

Orris, et<br />

al. a<br />

Long, et<br />

al. b<br />

Gupta,<br />

et al. c<br />

Schüler,<br />

et al. d<br />

Apatite in mill tailings averages from 4 to more than<br />

11% REO. Magnetite-hematite orebody in<br />

metamorphic rocks.<br />

� � — —<br />

— � — — —<br />

— — — � — — —<br />

Oregon Carbonatite 23 Deep Creek Occurrence — SE <strong>of</strong> Crane Mountain. � — — —<br />

Placer Location n/a Aiken County Occurrence National<br />

Kaolin Co.<br />

Closed in 1958. — — � —<br />

South<br />

Carolina<br />

Placer, Alluvial 634 Horse Creek<br />

(Aiken County)<br />

Past producer<br />

<strong>of</strong> monazite<br />

— Flood plain. Reconcentration <strong>of</strong> heavy minerals from<br />

Tuscaloosa Fmt. Includes Hollow (Holley) Creek and<br />

other drainages.<br />

� — — —<br />

Placer, Shoreline 451 Hilton Head Potential<br />

— Mining unlikely, resort area. � — � —<br />

Island<br />

resource<br />

662 Oak Grove Occurrence — Alluvial terrace. � — � —<br />

Placer, Alluvial<br />

675 Silica Mine Producer, but<br />

does not<br />

recover REO<br />

— HM stockpiled from past production <strong>of</strong> silica sand. � — � —<br />

Placer,<br />

662 Oak Grove Occurrence Ethyl Corp.<br />

— � — � —<br />

Paleoplacer<br />

(1989)<br />

Tennessee<br />

511 Natchez Trace<br />

deposit<br />

Occurrence — Marine placer. � — — —<br />

518 North Camden Occurrence Kerr-<br />

— � — — —<br />

Placer, Shoreline<br />

(Kerr-McGee<br />

McGee<br />

deposit)<br />

(1971)<br />

473 Kerr-McGee<br />

deposit<br />

Occurrence — Marine placer. — — — —<br />

Texas Other Igneous- 291 Llano County Small Past — Several tons <strong>of</strong> pegmatite were mined prior to 1909. � — — —<br />

Affiliated<br />

(Williams Mine, Producer<br />

(including<br />

Pegmatites and<br />

Veins)<br />

others)<br />

B-7

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