Mine detail: Arrowood Mine

Previously called 'Corner Spar Mine'

Location:	Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long:	35.77899, -82.50097
dep_id:	10026464
mrds_id:	K005105
Commodity type:	nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Kaolin, Mica, Feldspar
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Feldspar, Halloysite
gangue:	Chalcedony, Quartz
orebody_fm:	IRREGULAR
work_type:	Surface/Underground
conc_proc:	Weathering (Deep) Of Pegmatite To Form Halloysite
ore_ctrl:	Pegmatite
Reporter:	Merschat, Carl E.
hrock_type:	Dunite
arock_unit:	Pegmatite;Dunite
arock_type:	Pegmatite
Structure:	Occurs Along Contact Of Two Large Groups Of Precambrian Rocks
tectonic:	Blue Ridge
Year first produced:	1934
disc_yr:	1934
discr:	John Rice
References:	Deposit:: HUNTER, C. E. AND HASH, L. J., 1949, HALLOYSITE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA: N. C. DEPT. OF CONSERV. AND DEVEL., BULL. 58, 32 P. Deposit:: 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-SE Deposit:: MERSCHAT, C. E., IN PROGRESS 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE MARS HILL QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES SECTION. MRS 191-SE. Deposit:: 1949 COMPILE HUNTER & HASH N.C. DEPT. CONS. & DEVEL. Deposit:: 1968 COMPILE LESURE F.G. PROF. PAPER 577 Production:: HUNTER & HASH, 1949, HALLOYSITE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA: N. C. BULL. 58; LESURE, F.G., 1968, U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 577 Reserve-Resource:: HUNTER & HASH, 1949, HALLOYSITE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA; N. C. BULL. 58