| Location: | Swain County, North Carolina, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 35.45343, -83.45545 |
| dep_id: | 10026048 |
| mrds_id: | K002505 |
| Commodity type: | nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Feldspar |
| Minor mineral: | Kaolin |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Production occurred |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Feldspar, Kaolin |
| gangue: | Allanite, Biotite, Garnet, Magnetite, Muscovite, Pyrite, Tourmaline |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR LENS |
| work_type: | Surface/Underground |
| alteration: | Plagioclase Altered To Kaolin Through Weathering |
| ore_ctrl: | Fractures, Dilation Zones (Cameron, 1951) |
| Reporter: | Hale, Robin C. |
| hrock_unit: | Ocoee Series, Mica Schist & Feldspathic Quartzite |
| hrock_type: | Gneiss |
| arock_unit: | Granite Gneiss;Prec Mpal 1050-320 M.Y.;Prec Mpal 1050-320 M.Y.;Border Gneiss; Mid-Paleozoic; Microcline Porphyroblasts In A Medium-To Coarse-Grained Matrix Of Biotite, Quartz, And Feldspar |
| arock_type: | Gabbro,Gneiss |
| Structure: | Principal Zone Of Pegmatites Trends Northeastward; Most Pegmatites Strike Northeastward, But A Few Strike Northwest |
| tectonic: | Folded Blue Ridge Province |
| Year first produced: | 1925 |
| disc_yr: | 1925 |
| prod_yrs: | 1937, 1940-1949 |
| 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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