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Unnamed Feldspar Mine Southern Nofat Mountain

Past Producer in Buncombe 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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026460
MRDS ID K005100
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Feldspar Mine Southern Nofat Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.50319, 35.79927 (WGS84)
Relative position 3250 FEET E NE OF IVY HILL CHURCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Buncombe(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 Buncombe

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ONE OF THE MORE IMPRESSIVE FELDSPAR MINES ON THE MARS HILL QUADRANGLE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatites
    Rock description Pegmatites
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Bio Horn Migmatite(Unit 2) Roan Gneiss
    Rock description Bio Horn Migmatite(Unit 2) Roan Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.50319, 35.79927
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pegmatite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
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

  • THERE ARE OTHER PITS AND CUTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS MAIN WORKING.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: COARSE BLOCKS OF POTASSIC FELDSPAR CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THIS PEGMATITE BY HAND COBBING

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 ALTHOUGH NO PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE AVAILABLE; DISCUSSIONS WITH THE LOCAL PEOPLE INDICATED THAT SPAR WAS DEFINITELY PRODUCED FROM THIS MINE

Reporter information

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

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