Crowders Mountain Kyanite Prospects

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096511
MRDS ID W027643
Record type Site
Current site name Crowders Mountain Kyanite Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.27621, 35.23317 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Relative position 6.4 KM SLIGHTLY SOUTH OF DUE EAST 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

  • ALONG CREST OF CROWDERS MOUNTAIN, KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kyanite Primary
Quartz Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LARGE OUTCROPS OF KYANITE QUARTZITE ALONG BOTH SIDES OF MOUNTAIN RIDGE FOR ABOUT 3 KM

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kyanite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Ore
Hematite Gangue
Magnetite Unknown

Analytical data

Result COMPOSITE SAMPLE IN PERCENT IS FOR QUARTZ 40 , KYANITE 40 , CHLORITOID 17 , MAGNETITE 3
Result ALSO AN ANALYSIS FOR SOME TRACE ELEMENTS

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.27621, 35.23317

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne Trending Folds And Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nose Of North-Plunging South Fork Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Strike NNE
    Dip STEEP
    Thickness 200M
    Length 3000M

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 workings information

  • PROSPECTED ONLY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    ESPENSHADE, 1960 ; SAMPLE NO. NG - 437

  • 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. 88 , 89

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1960 GEOMAP ESPENSHADE, GEOLOG

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOLDED AND FAULTED BEDS OF CONSIDERABLE WIDTH AND EXTENT; INDIVIDUAL KYANITE BEDS 3 TO 20 M THICK AND AS MUCH AS 120 M LONG
Deposit TWO PRINCIPAL TYPES OF QUARTZITE ARE INTERLAYERED AT CROWDERS MOUNTAIN, KYANITE QUARTZITE AND MASSIVE FERRUGINOUS QUARTZITE WITH GENERALLY ONLY MINOR AMOUNTS OF ALUMINOUS MINERALS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1992 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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