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Unnamed Feldspar Mine West of Bailey Gap

Past Producer in Madison 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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10026461
MRDS ID K005101
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Feldspar Mine West of Bailey Gap

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.58486, 35.83093 (WGS84)
Relative position 1250 FEET WEST OF BAILEY 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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FELDSPAR IS PINKISH COLORED POTASSIC FELDSPAR.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.58486, 35.83093
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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 7.62M
    Overall width 3.66M

Comments on the workings information

  • A CUT 25 TO 30 FEET LONG AND 12 TO 15 FEET WIDE IS VISIBLE. RELATIONSHIPS OF PEGMATITE WITH COUNTRY ROCK HAVE BEEN OBSCURED THROUGH WEATHERING.

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 NEW ROAD CONSTRUCTION MAY REMOVE ALL EVIDENCE OF MINING AT THIS LOCALITY.

Reporter information

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

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