Mine detail: Swain Kaolin and Feldspar Mine

Previously called 'Deep Creek No. 1 Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.45538, -83.45295

Resource(N)

Primary:	Kaolin, Feldspar
Ore:	Feldspar, Kaolin
Gangue:	Biotite
Orebody form:	PIPELIKE SHOOT

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	CHIEFLY 1940 TO 1946

Geology

Host rock:	Ocoee Series, Quartz-Mica Schist & Feldspathic-Mica Quartzite
Host type:	Quartzite
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:	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	K002503
DEP	10102332
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.