Location: | Swain County, North Carolina, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 35.45454, -83.45322 |
dep_id: | 10026047 |
mrds_id: | K002504 |
Commodity type: | nonmetallic |
Trace mineral: | Kaolin, Feldspar |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | No production occurred |
Development status: | Occurrence |
ore: | Feldspar, Kaolin |
orebody_fm: | LENS |
work_type: | Surface/Underground |
alteration: | Plagioclase Is Entirely Weathered To Kaolin |
ore_ctrl: | Fractures, Dilation Zones (Cameron, 1951) |
Reporter: | Hale, Robin C. |
hrock_type: | Gneiss |
arock_unit: | Gneiss;Prec Mpal 1050-320 M.Y.;Prec Mpal 1050-320 M.Y |
arock_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 |
disc_yr: | 1945 |
discr: | Oscar Pittman |
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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