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Shelton Kyanite Property

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 10078931
MRDS ID W027645
Record type Site
Current site name Shelton Kyanite Property
Related records 10126786

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.28343, 35.20594 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Relative position 6.8 KM SE OF KINGS MOUNTAIN CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gaston(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kings Mountain(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

  • EAST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Tertiary
Kyanite Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • KYANITE BODIES PRESENT ALONG ONE KM OF RIDGE CREST

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kyanite Ore
Quartz Ore
Magnetite Gangue
Rutile Gangue

Analytical data

Result ESTIMATES 20 TO 30 PERCENT KYANITE IN BEDROCK OF KYANITE QUARTZITE BEDS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.28343, 35.20594
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne Trending Folds And Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Intensely Folded

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR ARRANGED LENSES
    Length 1000M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Ridge Crest

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kings Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • STRING OF KYANITE - BEARING BODIES OF CONSIDERABLE EXTENT BUT CONTAIN ONLY 25 TO 30 PERCENT KYANITE

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT ONLY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: ESPENSHADE, 1960

  • Deposit

    ESPENSHADE, G. H., AND POTTER, D. B., 1960 , KYANITE, SILLIMANITE, AND ANDALUSITE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES, USGS, PP. 336 , TEXT 121 P., GEOL. MAP AT 1:24,000 , MINE TEXT P. 86

  • Deposit

    LOCATED IN KINGS MOUNTAIN TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1960 GEOMAP ESPENSHADE, GEOLOG

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit METAMORPHOSED CLAY-RICH SANDS OR SILTS
Deposit KYANITE QUARTZITE BEDS INTER LAYERED WITH FERRUGINOUS QUARTZITE WHICH CONTAINS MAGNETITE, SMALL AMOUNTS OF STAUROLITE AND ONLY MINOR AMOUNTS OF KYANITE

Reporter information

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

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