Mine detail: Machpelah Church Sillimanite Occurrence

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Location: Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.46371, -81.0962
dep_id: 10093779
mrds_id: W027616
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Trace mineral: Quartz, Kyanite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Quartz, Sillimanite
orebody_fm: BEDDED
Reporter: *gostino, John P.
hrock_type: Tonalite,Schist,Gneiss,Pegmatite,Granite
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite
References:
  • 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. 93
  • Deposit:: OCCURRENCE IN LOWESVILLE TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000
  • Deposit:: 1960 GEOMAP ESPENSHADE, GEOLOG
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