Mine detail: Cox No. 1 Feldspar and Kaolin Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

35.44927, -83.46045

Resource(N)

Primary:	Feldspar
Secondary:	Kaolin
Ore:	Feldspar, Kaolin
Gangue:	Biotite, Fluorite, Garnet, Magnetite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR, ELONGATE, LENS
Discovery year:	1910

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1910

Geology

Host rock:	Ocoee Series, Quartz-Mica Schist & Feldspathic-Mica Quartzite
Host type:	Metasedimentary Rock,Gneiss
Associated rock:	Mpal Border Gneiss, Microcline Porphyroblasts In A Medium-To Coarse-Grained Matrix Of Biotite, Quartz, & Feldspar;Granite Gneiss, Fine-To Coarse-Grained, Leucocratic To Mesocratic Gneiss, Ranging From Granitic To Granodioritic;Prec Mpal 1050-320 M.Y.;Prec Mpal 1050-320 M.Y
Associated type:	Peridotite,Gneiss
Structure:	Principal Zone Of Pegmatites Trends Northeast; Most Pegmatites Strike Northeast, But Some Strike Northwest.
Tectonic:	Folded Blue Ridge Province
Alteration processes:	Feldspar Locally Altered To Kaolin

References

MRDS	K002508
DEP	10026051
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.