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Payne and Sullivan Kaolin Mine

Past Producer 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. 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 10026070
MRDS ID K002529
Record type Site
Current site name Payne and Sullivan Kaolin Mine
Related records 10297926

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.49461, 35.39455 (WGS84)
Relative position 3,700 FEET NORTH OF COLD SPRING CHURCH

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)

Upper Little Tennessee(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Nantahala National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Croatan National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

National Forests in North Carolina(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Swain

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary
Feldspar Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Kaolin Ore
Biotite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Alteration Of Plagioclase To Kaolin

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 Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Border Gneiss, Microcline Porphyrobiasts In Medium-To Coarse-Grained Matrix Of Biotite, Quartz, And Feldspar;Mpal;Prec Mpal 1050-320 M.Y.;Prec Mpal 1050-320 M.Y
    Rock description Border Gneiss, Microcline Porphyrobiasts In Medium-To Coarse-Grained Matrix Of Biotite, Quartz, And Feldspar;Mpal;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) -83.49461, 35.39455
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Principal Zone Of Pegmatites Trends Northeast; Most Pegmatites Strike Northeast, But Some Strike Northwest.

Ore body information

  • Dip 90 DEG

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture, Dilation Zone (Cameron, 1951)

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE PEGMATITE CONSISTS OF A WALL ZONE OF MEDIUM-GRAINED PLAGIOCLASE AND QUARTZ WITH ACCESSORY BIOTITE; AN INTERMEDIATE ZONE OF BLOCKY PLAGIOCLASE AND PERTHITE, PLAGIOCLASE AND PERTHITE IN GRAPHIC INTERGROWTH WITH QUARTZ, AND ACCESSORY BIOTITE; A CORE-MARGIN ZONE OF KAOLINIZED BLOCKY PLAGIOCLASE; AND A CORE OF MASSIVE QUARTZ WITH SCATTERED PERTHITE CRYSTALS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1916

Mining district

District name Bryson City Feldspar District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Payne And Sullivan

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 57.91M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • EVIDENCE OF TUNNEL AND SHAFT OBSCURED BY SLUMPING. MAXIMUM DEPTH OF PIT WAS ABOUT 65 FEET. THE DEPOSIT IS REPORTED TO BE AT LEAST 45 FEET IN WIDTH.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: CAMERON (1951) IMPLIES THAT THE PEGMATITE DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE ANY ECONOMIC POTENTIAL.

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

    RIES, H., BAYLEY, W.S., AND OTHERS, 1922, HIGH-GRADE CLAYS OF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES; USGS BULL. 708, P. 44.

  • Deposit

    1922 OTHER BAYLEY, W.S., USGS BULL. 708

  • Deposit

    1951 OTHER CAMERON, E.N., N.C. BULL. 62

  • 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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