| Location: | Swain County, North Carolina, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 35.40177, -83.47517 |
| dep_id: | 10026068 |
| mrds_id: | K002527 |
| Commodity type: | nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Feldspar |
| Trace mineral: | Kaolin |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Production occurred |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Feldspar, Kaolin |
| gangue: | Biotite, Garnet, Muscovite |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR LENS |
| alteration: | Plagioclase Is Partly Altered To Kaolin |
| ore_ctrl: | Fracture, Dilation Zone (Cameron, 1951) |
| Reporter: | Hale, Robin C. |
| hrock_type: | Gneiss |
| arock_unit: | 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 |
| arock_type: | Gabbro,Gneiss |
| Structure: | Principal Zone Of Pegmatites Trends Northeast; Most Pegmatites Strike Northeast, But Some Strike Northwest. |
| tectonic: | Folded Blue Ridge Province |
| Year first produced: | 1939 |
| disc_yr: | 1939 |
| 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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