Mine detail: Carson Kaolin and Feldspar Mines

Previously called 'Hill Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.45816, -83.44822

Resource(N)

Primary:	Kaolin, Feldspar
Ore:	Feldspar, Kaolinite
Gangue:	Biotite, Garnet, Limonite, Magnetite, Muscovite, Pyrite, Thulite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1910, 1941 TO 1949
First production started:	1910

Geology

Host type:	Gneiss
Associated rock:	Granite Gneiss;Prec Mpal 1050-320 M.Y.;Prec Mpal 1050-320 M.Y.;Border Gneiss, Microcline Porphyroblasts In A Medium-To Coarse-Grained Matrix Of Biotite, Quartz, & Feldspar
Associated type:	Gabbro,Peridotite,Gneiss
Structure:	Principal Zone Of Pegmatites Trends Northeast; Most Pegmatites Strike Northeast, But A Few Strike Northwest.
Tectonic:	Folded Blue Ridge Province
Alteration processes:	Partial Alteration Of Plagioclase To Kaolinite

References

MRDS	K002491
DEP	10102331
Reference	{Deposit:: CAMERON, E.N., 1951, FELDSPAR DEPOSITS OF THE BRYSON CITY DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 62, 100 P}{Deposit:: 1951 OTHER CAMERON, E.N., N.C. BULL. 6}{Production:: CAMERON, E.N., 1951, N.C. DIV. MIN. RES. BULL. 62}
Reporter	Hale, Robin C.