Mine detail: Unnamed Feldspar Occurrence

Location:	Madison County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long:	35.7976, -82.6143
dep_id:	10026469
mrds_id:	K005110
Commodity type:	nonmetallic
Trace mineral:	Feldspar
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Metamorphic
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Feldspar
gangue:	Biotite, Hornblende, Quartz
orebody_fm:	LINEAR
ore_ctrl:	Rock Type
Reporter:	Merschat, Carl E.
hrock_unit:	Biotite-Granitic Gneiss (Unit 1) Cranberry Granite
hrock_type:	Gneiss
tectonic:	Blue Ridge
References:	Deposit:: NEAL, J. P., WIENER, L. S., CARPENTER, P. A., WILSON, W. F., PARKER, J. M. III, 1973, EVALUATION OF POTENTIAL NORTH CAROLINA FELDSPAR RESOURCES: NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY MINERALS RESEARCH LABORATORY REPORT NUMBER MRL-3 67 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:: 1973 OTHER N. C. STATE UNIV. MIN. RES. LAB. Deposit:: THIN SECTION DESCRIPTION AVAILABLE FROM NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES SEC., RALEIGH, N. C. OR FIELD OFFICE, ASHEVILLE, N. C.