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Morris Kaolin Prospect

Occurrence in Swain county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Kaolin, Feldspar
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026037
MRDS ID K002493
Record type Site
Current site name Morris Kaolin Prospect
Related records 10176034

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.43933, 35.46232 (WGS84)
Relative position IN GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK, 0.8 MILE NNE OF RANDALL CEMETERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Swain(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bryson City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fontana Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tuckasegee(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Great Smoky Mountains National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Swain

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Tertiary
Feldspar Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Kaolinite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Partial Alteration Of Plagioclase To Kaolinite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    Rock unit name Granite Gneiss;Prec Mpal 1050-320 M.Y.;Prec Mpal 1050-320 M.Y
    Rock description Granite Gneiss;Prec Mpal 1050-320 M.Y.;Prec Mpal 1050-320 M.Y
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.43933, 35.46232
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Principal Zone Of Pegmatites Trends Northeastward; Most Pegmatites Strike Northeastward, But A Few Strike Northwest

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Dilation Zones (Cameron, 1951)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bryson City Feldspar District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Harris Clay Co.
    Home office S.W. Enloe, Spruce Pine, N.C.
  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 13.72M
    Overall length 77.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF NUMEROUS PITS AND AN ADIT THAT TRENDS N 71 W.

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY REPORTEDLY PROSPECTED BETWEEN 1910 AND 1915. ; ECON.COM: NO INDICATION THAT ANY SIZABLE PEGMATITE WAS FOUND DURING PROSPECTING; LOCATION INSIDE NATIONAL PARK PRECLUDES MINING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PERTHITE APPEARS TO BE LACKING ON THE DUMPS. WALLS OF PROSPECT PITS ARE SLUMPED AND NO PEGMATITE WAS SEEN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

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