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Lovin Feldspar Mine

Past Producer in Buncombe 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. 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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026459
MRDS ID K005099
Record type Site
Current site name Lovin Feldspar Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.51597, 35.76038 (WGS84)
Relative position 4100 FEET SSW OF MORGAN 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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROBABLY POTASSIUM FELDSPAR

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatite
    Rock description Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Aluminous Metasedimentary Group (Unit 3) Biotite Gneiss Subunit Carolina Gneiss
    Rock description Aluminous Metasedimentary Group (Unit 3) Biotite Gneiss Subunit Carolina Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.51597, 35.76038
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 40 DEG E
    Dip 80 DEG SE
    Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pegmatite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.004HA
    Overall length 12.19M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE PEGMATITE STRIKES N 40 DEG E AND DIPS 80 DEG SE WHICH ROUGHLY PARALLELS THE FOLIATION OF THE HOST ROCK.

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BLOCK FELDSPAR WAS HAND COBBED FROM THIS MINE. SOME PRODUCTION, BUT UNDOUBTELY QUITE SMALL; NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE.

Reporter information

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

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