Mine detail: Morris Kaolin Prospect

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Location: Swain County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.46232, -83.43933
dep_id: 10026037
mrds_id: K002493
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Trace mineral: Kaolin, Feldspar
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Feldspar, Kaolinite
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Partial Alteration Of Plagioclase To Kaolinite
conc_proc: Weathering
ore_ctrl: Fractures, Dilation Zones (Cameron, 1951)
Reporter: Hale, Robin C.
hrock_type: Gneiss
arock_unit: Granite Gneiss;Prec Mpal 1050-320 M.Y.;Prec Mpal 1050-320 M.Y
arock_type: Gabbro,Peridotite
Structure: Principal Zone Of Pegmatites Trends Northeastward; Most Pegmatites Strike Northeastward, But A Few Strike Northwest
tectonic: Folded Blue Ridge Province
References:
  • Deposit:: CAMERON, E.N., 1951, FELDSPAR DEPOSITS OF THE BRYSON CITY DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 62, 100 P
  • Deposit:: 1951 OTHER CAMERON, E.N., N.C. BULL. 6
  • Production:: CAMERON, E.N., 1951, N.C. DIV. MIN. RES. BULL. 62
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