Mine detail: Branton Feldspar Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

35.44371, -83.46683

Resource(B)

Primary:	Feldspar
Tertiary:	Beryllium
Ore:	Feldspar
Gangue:	Biotite, Kaolinite, Muscovite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR LENS
Other material:	Beryl
Discovery year:	1942

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1943

Geology

Host type:	Gneiss
Associated rock:	Border Gneiss, Microcline Porphyroblasts In Medium-To Coarse-Grained Matrix Of Biotite, Quartz, And Feldspar;Mpal;Prec Mpal 1050-320 M.Y.;Prec Mpal 1050-320 M.Y
Associated type:	Gabbro,Gneiss
Structure:	Principal Zone Of Pegmatites Trends Northeast; Most Pegmatites Strike Northeast, But Some Strike Northwest.
Tectonic:	Folded Blue Ridge Province

References

MRDS	K002515
DEP	10026057
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.