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Cliffside-Elkin Kyn Belt Deposit

Occurrence in Cleveland county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Kyanite
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069805
MRDS ID W007499
Record type Site
Current site name Cliffside-Elkin Kyn Belt Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.79984, 35.18344 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rutherford(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chesnee(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Broad(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Cleveland
United States South Carolina Spartanburg
United States North Carolina Catawba

Comments on the location information

  • ZONE SEVERAL MILES WIDE TRENDING NE FROM LAT. 35 DEG 11 MIN N, LONG. 81 DEG 48 MIN W TO LAT. 36 DEG 2 MIN N, LONG. 81 DEG 0 MIN W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kyanite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sillimanite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization

Analytical data

Result 5-10% SILLIMANITE IN 30% OF SHELBY QUAD AREA

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Quartz-Biotite-Muscovite Schist
    Rock description Quartz-Biotite-Muscovite Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.79984, 35.18344
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, CURVED ZONE
    Length 128744M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SILLIMANITE - QUARTZ - BIOTITE - MUSCOVITE SCHIST LAYERS, 5 - 10% SILLMANITE, UNDERLIE 30% OF AREA OF SHELBY QUAD.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cliffside - Elkin Belt

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPOSITS OF NO ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE

Comments on development

  • SAMPLED BY N. CARO. GEOL. SURVEY AND TVA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HASH, L. J., AND VAN HORN, E. C., 1951, SILLIMANITE DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MIN. RES. BULL. 61

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILLIMANITE SCHIST BELT HAS BEEN ADEQUATELY STUDIED AT SW END IN SHELBY QUAD. BY U.S.G.S. (YATES, OVERSTREET, AND GRIFFITTS)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1959 Espenshade, Gilbert H. U.S. Geological Survey

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