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Hyatt No. 2 Feldspar Prospect

Occurrence in Swain county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Feldspar
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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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026056
MRDS ID K002514
Record type Site
Current site name Hyatt No. 2 Feldspar Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.46183, 35.44649 (WGS84)
Relative position 1,260 FEET EAST OF SHERRILL GAP

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
Feldspar Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Biotite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Border Gneiss, Microcline Porphyroblasts In Medium-To Coarse-Grained Matrix Of Biotite, Quartz, And Felfspar;Mpal;Prec Mpal 1050-320 M.Y.;Prec Mpal 1050-320 M.Y
    Rock description Border Gneiss, Microcline Porphyroblasts In Medium-To Coarse-Grained Matrix Of Biotite, Quartz, And Felfspar;Mpal;Prec Mpal 1050-320 M.Y.;Prec Mpal 1050-320 M.Y
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.46183, 35.44649
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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 Some Strike Northwest.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 70 W
    Dip 61-70 S
    Thickness 2.74M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture, Dilation Zone (Cameron, 1951)

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE PEGMATITE CONSISTS OF A BORDER ZONE OF FINE-GRAINED PLAGIOCLASE-QUARTZ-PERTHITE; A WALL ZONE OF MEDIUM- TO COARSE-GRAINED PLAGIOCLASE-QUARTZ, WITH ACCESSORY BIOTITE; AND A CORE OF BLOCKY PERTHITE AND MASSIVE INTERSTITIAL QUARTZ WITH SLABLIKE BIOTITE CRYSTALS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1947

Mining district

District name Bryson City Feldspar District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Walter Hyatt
    Home office Bryson City

Comments on the workings information

  • TEST PITS INDICATE THAT THE PEGMATITE EXTENDS AT LEAST 125 FEET ALONG STRIKE TO THE NORTHWEST.

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

Reporter information

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

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