Mine detail: Cliffside-Elkin Kyn Belt Deposit

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Location: Cleveland, Spartanburg, Catawba County, North Carolina, South Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.18344, -81.79984
dep_id: 10069805
mrds_id: W007499
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Trace mineral: Kyanite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Sillimanite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR, CURVED ZONE
alteration: Sericitization
Reporter: Espenshade, Gilbert H.
hrock_unit: Quartz-Biotite-Muscovite Schist
hrock_type: Schist
References:
  • HASH, L. J., AND VAN HORN, E. C., 1951, SILLIMANITE DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MIN. RES. BULL. 61
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