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Woody No. 3 Kaolin Mine

Past Producer in Swain county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Kaolin, Feldspar
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026034
MRDS ID K002489
Record type Site
Current site name Woody No. 3 Kaolin Mine
Related records 10175804

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.45183, 35.45732 (WGS84)
Relative position 3,000 FEET NW OF RANDALL CEMETERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Swain(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bryson City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fontana Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tuckasegee(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Swain

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary
Feldspar Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Kaolin Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Partial Alteration Of Plagioclase To Kaolinite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Granite Gneiss;Prec Mpal 1050-320 M.Y.;Prec Mpal 1050-320 M.Y
    Rock description Granite Gneiss;Prec Mpal 1050-320 M.Y.;Prec Mpal 1050-320 M.Y
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.45183, 35.45732
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Principal Zone Of Pegmatites Trends Northeast; Most Pegmatites Strike Northeast, But A Few Strike Northwest.

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N 30 E
    Dip W
    Plunge direction SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Dilation Zones (Cameron, 1951)

Comments on the geologic information

  • PEGMATITES CONSIST OF COARSE PLAGIOCLASE, QUARTZ, AND PERTHITE WITH A BORDER ZONE OF KAOLINIZED PLAGIOCLASE, WITH MINOR QUARTZ, PERTHITE, AND ACCESSORY BIOTITE AND MUSCOVITE. CONTACTS AREDISCORDANT IN DETAIL, BUT ARE BROADLY CONCORDANT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1910
Production years BETWEEN 1910 AND 1915

Mining district

District name Bryson City Feldspar District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Harris Clay Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 39.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT DEPTH IS AS MUCH AS 65 FEET. ROCKS ARE BADLY WEATHERED SO THAT THE PIT WALLS HAVE SLUMPED, MAKING GEOLOGIC RELATIONSHIPS UNCLEAR. WORKING APPEARS TO HAVE EXPLORED A SERIES OF LENSES OF PEGMATITE, WHICH (AS EXPOSED) ARE AS MUCH AS 75 FEET IN LENGTH AND 18 FEET IN WIDTH.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PEGMATITE BODY APPEARS TO BE SMALL, AND FELDSPAR IS INTERGROWN WITH QUARTZ SO AS TO HINDER HANDSORTING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAMERON, E.N., 1951, FELDSPAR DEPOSITS OF THE BRYSON CITY DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 62, 100 P

  • Deposit

    1951 OTHER CAMERON, E.N., N.C. BULL. 6

  • Production

    CAMERON, E.N., 1951, N.C. DIV. MIN. RES. BULL. 62

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MINE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF FELDSPAR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

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