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Warne-Sylva Kyn Belt

Occurrence in Clay 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089015
MRDS ID W007505
Record type Site
Current site name Warne-Sylva Kyn Belt

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.9499, 35.00012 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clay(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Peachtree(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fontana Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hiwassee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Nantahala National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Croatan National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

National Forests in North Carolina(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Clay
United States North Carolina Macon
United States North Carolina Jackson

Comments on the location information

  • BELT ABOUT A MI WIDE TRENDS NE FROM LAT. 35 DEG 0 MIN N, LONG. 35 DEG 57 MIN W TO LAT. 35 DEG 22 MIN N, LONG 83 DEG 13 MIN W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kyanite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kyanite Ore
Sillimanite Ore

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) -83.9499, 35.00012
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Length 80465M
    Width 60.96M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SILLIMANITE OCCURS IN LAYERS OF GRAPHITIC QUARTZ - BIOTITE - MUSCOVITE SCHIST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Warne - Sylva Belt

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPOSITS HAVE NO ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE.

Comments on development

  • GEOLOGY OF REGION IS NOT ADEQUATELY STUDIED. SAMPLED BY N. C. 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

Reporter information

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

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