Mine detail: Unnamed Feldspar Occurrence

Previously called 'N. C. State Univ. Minerals Research Lab No. 4177'

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Location: Madison County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.83149, -82.60847
dep_id: 10026472
mrds_id: K005113
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.
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