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Ball Feldspar Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Feldspar, Mica, Fluorine-Fluorite, Beryllium
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026458
MRDS ID K005098
Record type Site
Current site name Ball Feldspar Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.56764, 35.85481 (WGS84)
Relative position 2250 FEET E NE OF HAMP GAP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mars Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Asheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper French Broad(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Madison

Comments on the location information

  • KNOWN LOCALLY AS THE BALL MINE, BUT HAS NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Mica Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINERALS ARE MORE VARIED THAN IN OTHER PEGMATITES OF THE MARS HILL QUADRANGLE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Biotite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Beryl Unknown
Fluorite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatite
    Rock description Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Biotite Granitic Gneiss (Unit 1)-Cranberry Granite
    Rock description Biotite Granitic Gneiss (Unit 1)-Cranberry Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.56764, 35.85481
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Pegmatites

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE VERTICAL "SHAFT" SAID TO BE 20 FEET DEEP AND TWO PROSPECT PITS LOCATED ALONG STRIKE ABOUT 100 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • SITE OF LOCAL MINERAL COLLECTING AND EXCAVATION FROM TIME TO TIME

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MERSCHAT, C. E., IN PROGRESS 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP AND MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE MARS HILL QUADRANGLE; NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES SEC. GM 191-SE AND MRS 191-SE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO LOCAL MINERAL COLLECTORS ARE BEGINNING TO WORK THE OLD "SHAFT" AND DUMPS IN SEARCH OF GEM BERYL. THEREFORE SOME NEW EXCAVATION MAY TAKE PLACE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Merschat, Carl E. U.S. Geological Survey

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