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Lackey Feldspar Mine

Past Producer 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026054
MRDS ID K002511
Record type Site
Current site name Lackey Feldspar Mine
Related records 10224106

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.46211, 35.44788 (WGS84)
Relative position 1,300 FEET N 62 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 Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Biotite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolin After Plagioclase

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Mpal Granite Gneiss, Leucocratic To Mesocratic, Granitic To Granodioritic;Prec Mpal 1050-320 M.Y.;Prec Mpal 1050-320 M.Y.;Border Gneiss, Microcline Porphyroblasts In Medium-To Coarse-Grained Matrix Of Biotite, Quartz, & Feldspar
    Rock description Mpal Granite Gneiss, Leucocratic To Mesocratic, Granitic To Granodioritic;Prec Mpal 1050-320 M.Y.;Prec Mpal 1050-320 M.Y.;Border Gneiss, Microcline Porphyroblasts In Medium-To Coarse-Grained Matrix Of Biotite, Quartz, & Feldspar
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.46211, 35.44788
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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

  • Plunge 53
    Plunge direction N 80 W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Dilation Zones (Cameron, 1951)

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE INCLINE IS IN VERY COARSE-GRAINED PERTHITE AND PLAGIOCLASE, MOST OF WHICH IS GRAPHICALLY INTERGROWN WITH QUARTZ, WITH CRYSTALS RANGING TO 6 FEET IN LENGTH. FELDSPAR IS LOCALLY CUT BY SLABLIKE CRYSTALS OF BIOTITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1947
Discoverer Two Men Named Lackey, Of Bryson City
Year of first production 1947
Production years 1947

Mining district

District name Bryson City Feldspar District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lackey Brothers

Comments on the production information

  • THE FELDSPAR IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN TRUCKED TO THE MILL OF THE INTERSTATE FELDSPAR CORP. AT DILLSBORO. PRODUCED NO. 2 GRADE FELDSPAR.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 5.49M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE EXPOSED WIDTH OF THE PEGMATITE IS ABOUT 30 FEET. LITTLE ELSE IS KNOWN ABOUT THE CONFIGURATION AND HABIT OF THE PEGMATITE.

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-JUL-1974 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

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