Mine detail: Freeman Zircon Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.22928, -82.43764

Resource(B)

Primary:	Zirconium
Tertiary:	Feldspar
Ore:	Zircon
Gangue:	Anatase, Apatite, Epidote, Kaolinite, Microcline, Sphene, Vermiculite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1869

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1888

Geology

Host rock:	Sillimanite-Bearing Mica Gneiss And Schist
Host type:	Gneiss
Associated rock:	Pegmatite;Granitic Gneiss (Wall Rock)
Associated type:	Gneiss,Pegmatite
Structure:	Northeast
Tectonic:	Blue Ridge
Alteration processes:	Weathering Of Feldspar To Kaolinite

References

MRDS	K003516
DEP	10026273
Reference	{Deposit:: PRATT, J.H., 1916, ZIRCON, MONAZITE, AND OTHER MINERALS USED IN THE PRODUCTION OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF LIGHTING APPARATUS: NORTH CAROLINA GEOL. AND ECON. SURVEY BULL. 25, 120 P.}{Deposit:: OLSON, J.C., 1952, PEGMATITES OF THE CASHIERS AND ZIRCONIA DISTRICTS, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 64, 32 P.}{Deposit:: CONLEY, J.F., 1958, MINERAL LOCALITIES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES INF. CIRC. 16, 83 P.}{Deposit:: 1916 COMPILE PRATT, J.H., P. 15-16}{Deposit:: 1952 OTHER OLSON, J.C., P. 17 - 22}{Deposit:: 1958 COMPILE CONLEY, J.F., P. 36 - 37}{Production:: OLSON, J.C., 1952, N. C. DIV. MIN. RES. BULL. 64, P. 17.}
Reporter	Hale, Robin C.