Mine detail: Lackey Feldspar Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

35.44788, -83.46211

Resource(N)

Primary:	Feldspar
Ore:	Feldspar
Gangue:	Biotite, Kaolinite
Discovery year:	1947

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1947
First production started:	1947

Geology

Host type:	Gneiss
Associated rock:	Mpal Granite Gneiss, Leucocratic To Mesocratic, Granitic To Granodioritic;Prec Mpal 1050-320 M.Y.;Prec Mpal 1050-320 M.Y.;Border Gneiss, Microcline Porphyroblasts In Medium-To Coarse-Grained Matrix Of Biotite, Quartz, & Feldspar
Associated type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Principal Zone Of Pegmatites Trends Northeastward; Most Pegmatites Strike Northeastward, But A Few Strike Northwest
Tectonic:	Folded Blue Ridge Province
Alteration processes:	Kaolin After Plagioclase

References

MRDS	K002511
DEP	10026054
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.