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Reese Mountain Sillimanite Occurrence

Occurrence in Lincoln county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Quartz, Kyanite
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078897
MRDS ID W027597
Record type Site
Current site name Reese Mountain Sillimanite Occurrence
Related records 10248535

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.1137, 35.42677 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Relative position 3.0 KM DUE NORTH OF ALEXIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lowesville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Catawba(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Lincoln

Comments on the location information

  • CROSSES CREST OF REESE MOUNTAIN IN NNE TREND, EAST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Tertiary
Kyanite Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TWO PARALLEL DISCONTINUOUS STEEPLY DIPPING BEDS OF LOW-GRADE SILLIMANITE QUARTZITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore
Sillimanite Ore
Diaspore Gangue

Analytical data

Result COMPOSITE SAMPLE SHOWS IN PERCENT QUARTZ 61.9 , SILLIMANITE 37.0 , RUTILE 0.6 , MAGNETITE 0.2
Result ALSO SOME ANALYSIS FOR SOME TRACE ELEMENTS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.1137, 35.42677
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Length 900M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lincolnton Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PARALLEL, LONG, NARROW LOW-GRADE SILLIMANITE OCCURRENCE

Comments on the workings information

  • OCCURRENCE ONLY

Comments on development

  • RESISTANT SILLIMANITE QUARTZITE FORMS RIDGE CRESTS; METAMORPHOSED CLAY - RICH SANDS OR SILTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: ESPENSHADE, 1960 ; SAMPLE NO. NG - 439

  • Deposit

    ESPENSHADE, G. H., AND POTTER, D. B., 1960 , KYANITE, SILLIMANITE, AND ANDALUSITE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTH-EASTERN STATES, USGS, PP. 336 , TEXT 121 P., GEOL. MAP AT 1:24,000 , MINE TEXT P. 92

  • Deposit

    OCCURRENCE IN LOWESVILLE TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1960 GEOMAP ESPENSHADE, GEOLOG

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO PARALLEL BEDS; WEST BED PROBABLY CONTINUOUS FOR 900 M, EAST BED THINNER AND MORE LENTICULAR; WEST BED RICHER
Deposit BEDROCK SHOWN ON STATE GEOLOGIC MAP 1958 AS PALEOZOIC GRANITE UNIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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