Mine detail: Cliffside-Elkin Kyn Belt Deposit

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Location

Lat / long: 35.18344, -81.79984

Resource(N)

Tertiary: Kyanite
Ore: Sillimanite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR, CURVED ZONE

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Quartz-Biotite-Muscovite Schist
Host type:Schist
Alteration processes:Sericitization

References

MRDSW007499
DEP10069805
ReferenceHASH, L. J., AND VAN HORN, E. C., 1951, SILLIMANITE DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MIN. RES. BULL. 61
ReporterEspenshade, Gilbert H.