Mine detail: Payne and Sullivan Kaolin Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

35.39455, -83.49461

Resource(N)

Primary:	Kaolin
Tertiary:	Feldspar
Ore:	Feldspar, Kaolin
Gangue:	Biotite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1916

Geology

Host type:	Gneiss
Associated rock:	Border Gneiss, Microcline Porphyrobiasts 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
Alteration processes:	Alteration Of Plagioclase To Kaolin

References

MRDS	K002529
DEP	10026070
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:: RIES, H., BAYLEY, W.S., AND OTHERS, 1922, HIGH-GRADE CLAYS OF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES; USGS BULL. 708, P. 44.}{Deposit:: 1922 OTHER BAYLEY, W.S., USGS BULL. 708}{Deposit:: 1951 OTHER CAMERON, E.N., N.C. BULL. 62}{Production:: CAMERON, E.N., 1951, N.C. DIV. MIN. RES. BULL. 62}
Reporter	Hale, Robin C.