. Economic Papers. of the production of monazite from the Carolinas is smallcompared with that of the more important minerals produced in the UnitedStates. The benefit to the region in which the monazite is mined, however,has been considerable. The present paper is intended to furnish general information on mona-zite, including a description of the deposits in the Carolinas and of the occur-rence of the minerals in them, with a discussion of their bearing on its ori-gin. The data used were obtained during brief visits to different parts ofthe region. Acknowledgment is here made for the courtes
. Economic Papers. of the production of monazite from the Carolinas is smallcompared with that of the more important minerals produced in the UnitedStates. The benefit to the region in which the monazite is mined, however,has been considerable. The present paper is intended to furnish general information on mona-zite, including a description of the deposits in the Carolinas and of the occur-rence of the minerals in them, with a discussion of their bearing on its ori-gin. The data used were obtained during brief visits to different parts ofthe region. Acknowledgment is here made for the courtesy and general informationreceived from the various operators in the monazite field. Among these areMr. George L. English, of the National Light and Thorium Company; F. Smith and Mr. M. E. Gettys, of the Carolinas Monazite Company; Stewart, formerly of the British Monazite Company; and Mr. HermanWanke, of the German Monazite Company. Further acknowledgment is madeto Mr. A. Keith for valuable Figure 26.—Map showing area of monazite deposits of known commercial value in southern Appalachian region. GEOGRAPHY. Geographically, the area in which deposits of monazite of commercial valuehave been found lies in the central portion of Western North Carolina and ?Monazite and monazite deposits in North Carolina: Bull North Carolina Ceol Survey. No. 9,: Mineral Resources U. S. for 1901 to 1903. U. S. Geol Survey 1902to AkoMimngln-dustry in North Carolina, an annual publication of North Carolina Geol. Survey, 1901, 1903, 1901 and ***Gold and Tin deposits of the Southern Appalachians: Bull, U. S. Geol. Survey No. 293, 1903, tMonazite: Mineral Resources U. S. for 1903, U. S. Geol. Survey, 1907. 74 MINING INDUSTRY. in the extreme northwestern part of South Carolina. Fig. 26 shows thearea containing monazite deposits of known commercial value. This areacovers about 3,500 square miles and includes part or all of Alexander, Ire-dell, Caldwell,
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