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Clubb Mountain Kyanite Prospects

Occurrence in Gaston 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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078898
MRDS ID W027598
Record type Site
Current site name Clubb Mountain Kyanite Prospects
Alternate or previous names Chubb Mountain Kyanite Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.08148, 35.40149 (WGS84)
Elevation 259
Relative position 3.3 KM DUE EAST OF ALEXIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gaston(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 Gaston

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG CREST OF CLUBB MOUNTAIN EAST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Tertiary
Kyanite Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SINGLE STEEPLY DIPPING BED IN CENTRAL PART WITH SEVERAL PARALLEL LENSES IN NORTHERN PART AND A FEW SMALL SCATTERED LENSES TO NORTH AND SOUTH

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kyanite Ore
Lazulite Ore
Pyrophyllite Ore
Quartz Ore
Rutile Ore
Andalusite Gangue
Diaspore Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result NORTHERN PART OF CHUBB MOUNTAIN KYANITE QUARTZITE CONTAINS LESS THAN 15 PERCENT KYANITE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • 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) -81.08148, 35.40149
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Small Steeply Plunging Folds

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Strike N
    Dip STEEP
    Length 2500M
    Width 300M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bed Repeated By Faulting

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

  • LONG, NARROW LENSES OF LOW-GRADE KYANITE

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECTS ONLY; FIVE PROSPECTS, ALL IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PARTS

Comments on development

  • RESISTANT KYANITE QUARTZITE FORMS RIDGE CRESTS OF CHUBB MOUNTAIN; METAMORPHISM OF CLAY-RICH SANDS OR SILTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: ESPENSHADE, 1960

  • Deposit

    ESPENSHADE, G. H., AND POTTER, D. B., 1960 , KYANITE, SILLIMANITE, ND ANDALUSITE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTH-EASTERN STATES, USGS, PP. 336 , TEXT 121 P., GEOL. MAP AT 1:24,000 , MINE TEXT P. 89 , 90

  • Deposit

    PROSPECTS IN LOWESVILLE TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1960 GEOMAP ESPENSHADE, GEOLOG

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COARSE BLUE PLATY KYANITE MAKE UP 40 TO 90 PERCENT OF KYANITE AGGREGATES; MAIN ZONE WITH KYANITE LENSES 2.5 KM LONG, 0.3 KM WIDE
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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