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Nichols Kaolin and Feldspar Prospect

Occurrence 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026060
MRDS ID K002518
Record type Site
Current site name Nichols Kaolin and Feldspar Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.45433, 35.43899 (WGS84)
Relative position 3,100 FEET N 62 E OF FRANKLIN GROVE CHURCH

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 Tertiary
Feldspar Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Kaolin Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Plagioclase Altered To Kaolin

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
  • 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 Feldspar;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 Feldspar;Mpal;Prec Mpal 1050-320 M.Y.;Prec Mpal 1050-320 M.Y
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.45433, 35.43899
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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
    Width 8.23M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture, Dilation Zone (Cameron, 1951)

Comments on the geologic information

  • A 1 TO 2 INCH BORDER ZONE OF FINE- TO MEDIUM-GRAINED PLAGIOCLASE-QUARTZ-PERTHITE ENCLOSES A WALL ZONE OF MEDIUM- TO COARSE-GRAINED BLOCKY PLAGIOCLASE WITH MINOR BLOCKY PERTHITE AND QUARTZ. NEXT, AN INTERMEDIATE ZONE OF MEDIUM- TO COARSE-GRAINED PLAGIOCLASE WITH QUARTZ IN GRAPHIC INTERGROWTH AND SCATTERED PERTHITE CRYSTALS, ENCLOSES AN INNER INTERMEDIATE ZONE (CORE MARGIN ZONE) OF PERTHITE CRYSTALS UP TO 2 FEET IN DIAMETER WITH SUBORDINATE INTERSTITIAL QUARTZ. THE 7-FOOT WIDE CORE CONSISTS OF MASSIVE QUARTZ WITH SPARSE PERTHITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bryson City Feldspar District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner W. C. Nichols

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN OPEN CUT AND THREE CROSSCUT TRENCHES.

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY WAS PROSPECTED FOR KAOLIN IN EARLY 1900'S AND FOR FELDSPAR IN 1947. ; ECON.COM: PLAGIOCLASE HAS WEATHERED TO KAOLIN, AND PERTHITE IS FRIABLE; SMALL AMOUNT OF HIGH-GRADE FELDSPAR MAY BE PRESENT AT DEPTH.

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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