Mine detail: Warne-Sylva Kyn Belt

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Location: Clay, Macon, Jackson County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.00012, -83.9499
dep_id: 10089015
mrds_id: W007505
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Trace mineral: Kyanite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Kyanite, Sillimanite
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR
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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