Mine detail: Lovin Feldspar Mine

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Location: Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.76038, -82.51597
dep_id: 10026459
mrds_id: K005099
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Feldspar
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Feldspar
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface
ore_ctrl: Pegmatite
Reporter: Merschat, Carl E.
hrock_unit: Aluminous Metasedimentary Group (Unit 3) Biotite Gneiss Subunit Carolina 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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