Mine detail: Brushy Creek Clay Mine

Previously called 'Millrace Mine'

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Location: Avery County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.94926, -81.99345
dep_id: 10078664
mrds_id: W027123
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Kaolin, Mica
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Kaolin
orebody_fm: PROBABLY BLANKET
alteration: Weathering
conc_proc: Weathering Residual
Reporter: Whitlow, Jesse W.
tectonic: Blue Ridge Province
Year first produced: 1955
disc_yr: 1955
References:
  • Deposit:: MCDANIEL, R. D., AND MCKENZIE, B. J., 1976 , DIRECTORY OF NORTH CAROLINA MINERAL PRODUCERS: N. C. DEPART. OF NATURAL AND ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIV. OF EARTH RES. MIN. RES. SECTION
  • Deposit:: REED, J. L., JR., AND OTHERS, 1964 , GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE LINVILLE FALLS QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1161B, MINE IN LINVILLE FALLS TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000
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