Unnamed Feldspar Prospect Southern Nofat Mountain

Occurrence in Buncombe county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Feldspar
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026457
MRDS ID K005097
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Feldspar Prospect Southern Nofat Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.50319, 35.79788 (WGS84)
Relative position 3,000 FEET E NE OF IVY HILL CHURCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Buncombe(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mars Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Asheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper French Broad(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Buncombe

Comments on the location information

  • ADDITIONAL WORKINGS DOT THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF NOFA- MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FELDSPAR IS PINKISH TO CREAM COLORED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Biotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatite
    Rock description Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Biotite-Horn Magmatite(Unit 2) Roan Gneiss
    Rock description Biotite-Horn Magmatite(Unit 2) Roan Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.50319, 35.79788

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pegmatite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.131HA
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • RECENT BULLDOZING EXPOSED A PEGMATITE WITH A QUARTZ CORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MERSCHAT, C. E., IN PROGRESS 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP AND MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE MARS HILL QUADRANGLE; NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES SEC. GM 191-SE AND MRS 191-SE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Merschat, Carl E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.