Mine detail: Harry Thomas Kaolin and Feldspar Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

35.45454, -83.45322

Resource(N)

Tertiary:	Kaolin, Feldspar
Ore:	Feldspar, Kaolin
Orebody form:	LENS
Discovery year:	1945

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Gneiss
Associated rock:	Gneiss;Prec Mpal 1050-320 M.Y.;Prec Mpal 1050-320 M.Y
Associated type:	Gabbro,Peridotite,Gneiss
Structure:	Principal Zone Of Pegmatites Trends Northeastward; Most Pegmatites Strike Northeastward, But A Few Strike Northwest
Tectonic:	Folded Blue Ridge Province
Alteration processes:	Plagioclase Is Entirely Weathered To Kaolin

References

MRDS	K002504
DEP	10026047
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Hale, Robin C.