Mine detail: Will Knox Sillimanite Property

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Location: Gaston County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.19594, -81.25926
dep_id: 10089598
mrds_id: W027646
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Trace mineral: Quartz, Kyanite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Andalusite, Magnetite, Quartz, Rutile, Sillimanite
gangue: Apatite, Diaspore, Lazulite, Zircon
orebody_fm: CLUSTER OF SMALL LENSES
alteration: Sillimanite - Kyanite Grade Metamorphism
ore_ctrl: Southwest Limb Of Isoclinal Syncline
Reporter: *gostino, John P.
hrock_type: Schist
Structure: Ne Trending Folds And Faults, Locally Thickened Bed Segments As A Result Of Intense Local Folding
References:
  • Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: ESPENSHADE, 1960 ; SAMPLE NO. NG - 440
  • Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G. H., AND POTTER, D. B., 1960 , KYANITE, SILLIMANITE, AND ANDALUSITE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES, USGS, PP. 336 , TEXT 121 P., GEOL. MAP AT 1:24,000 ; MINE TEXT P. 90 - 92
  • Deposit:: LOCATED IN KINGS MOUNTAIN TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000
  • Deposit:: 1960 GEOMAP ESPENSHADE, GEOLOG
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