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Mccracken Southeast Feldspar Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026053
MRDS ID K002510
Record type Site
Current site name Mccracken Southeast Feldspar Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.45822, 35.44927 (WGS84)
Relative position 2,400 FEET N 65 E OF SHERRILL GAP

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Swain

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore

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
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    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) -83.45822, 35.44927
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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

Ore body information

  • General form DIKE-LIKE
    Strike N 29 TO 37 E
    Dip 70 TO 83 W
    Thickness 0.76M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Dilation Zones (Cameron, 1951)

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE THREE PEGMATITES CONSIST OF COARSE MIXTURES OF BLOCKY PERTHITE, BLOCKY PLAGIOCLASE, AND QUARTZ.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1946

Mining district

District name Bryson City Feldspar District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Blue Ridge Mining Co., Mr. M.H. Cox

Comments on the workings information

  • PEGMATITES RANGE FROM 1 TO 2.5 FEET IN THICKNESS AND ARE AT LEAST 150 FEET IN STRIKE LENGTH. THE THREE NEARLY PARALLEL PEGMATITES ARE SIMILAR IN FORM TO DIKES.

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATION CONSISTED OF STRIPPING OVERBURDEN. ; ECON.COM: APPARENTLY INSUFFICIENT TONNAGE

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

Reporter information

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

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