Mine detail: Unnamed Feldspar Prospect Southern Nofat Mountain

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Location: Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.79788, -82.50319
dep_id: 10026457
mrds_id: K005097
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Feldspar
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Feldspar
gangue: Biotite, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface
ore_ctrl: Pegmatite
Reporter: Merschat, Carl E.
hrock_unit: Biotite-Horn Magmatite(Unit 2) Roan Gneiss
hrock_type: Gneiss
arock_unit: Pegmatite
arock_type: Pegmatite
tectonic: Blue Ridge
References:
  • MERSCHAT, C. E., IN PROGRESS 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP AND MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE MARS HILL QUADRANGLE; NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES SEC. GM 191-SE AND MRS 191-S
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