| Deposit ID | 10026003 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K002004 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | McKinney Mine |
| Related records | 10297291 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -82.13874, 35.84731 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mitchell(county)
North Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Celo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Asheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Nolichucky(hydrologic unit)
French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)
Tennessee(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Pisgah 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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Mitchell |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Feldspar | Primary |
| Mica | Primary |
| Niobium (Columbium) Critical | Secondary |
| Tantalum Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Feldspar | Ore |
| Muscovite | Ore |
| Allanite | Gangue |
| Apatite | Gangue |
| Beryl | Gangue |
| Chalcopyrite | Gangue |
| Columbite | Gangue |
| Covellite | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Sphalerite | Gangue |
| Thulite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss | ||
| |||
| (1) | -82.13874, 35.84731 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Pegmatite Is Partly Concordant With The Foliation Of The Enclosing Country Rock |
| Strike | N |
|---|---|
| Dip | STEEP |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1924 |
| Production years | 1924 INT. TO 1962 |
| District name | Spruce Pine District/Crabtree Creek Area |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 200M |
| Overall depth | 53M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K002004 |
1968 COMPILE LESURE, F.G., REPOR
LESURE, F.G., 1968, USGS PROF. PAPER 577
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DATA ABSTRACTED FROM USGS PROF. PAPER 577. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1974 | Fagan, James M. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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