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Unnamed Feldspar Occurrence

Occurrence 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026470
MRDS ID K005111
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Feldspar Occurrence
Alternate or previous names N. C. State Univ. Minerals Research Lab No. 4179

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.54375, 35.82177 (WGS84)
Relative position 2750 FEET SW OF WHITT CEMETARY

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 Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NEAL AND OTHERS (1973) COLLECTED SAMPLES FROM VARIOUS ROCK TYPES AND CONDUCTED ORE DRESSING STUDIES ON THEM AS PART OF AN EVALUATION OF POTENTIAL FELDSPAR RESOURCES IN NORTH CAROLINA. EACH SAMPLE WAS RATED ON THE BASIS OF PERCENTAGE YIELD OF FELDSPAR CONCENTRATE TIMES THE PERCENT K2O OF THE CONCENTRATE. SAMPLES RATING MORE THAN 280 ARE CONSIDERED AS REPRESENTING POTENTIAL FELDSPAR RESOURCES. THIS SAMPLE, NUMBER 4179, RATED 227.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Biotite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ANALYTICAL DATA AVAILABLE FROM N. C. STATE UNIVERSITY MINERALS RESEARCH LAB., ASHEVILLE, N. C.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Tectonite > Augen Gneiss
    Rock unit name Bio Horn-Migmatite (Unit 2) Roan Gneiss
    Rock description Bio Horn-Migmatite (Unit 2) Roan Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) Migmatitic Biotite-Hornblende Gneisses
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Rock Type

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • SINGLE OUTCROP SAMPLE MORE OR LESS REPRESENATIVE OF A LARGER MAP UNIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEAL, J. P., WIENER, L. S., CARPENTER, P. A., WILSON, W. F., PARKER, J. M. III, 1973, EVALUATION OF POTENTIAL NORTH CAROLINA FELDSPAR RESOURCES: NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY MINERALS RESEARCH LABORATORY REPORT NUMBER MRL-3 67 P.

  • 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

  • Deposit

    1973 OTHER N. C. STATE UNIV. MIN. RES. LAB.

  • Deposit

    THIN SECTION DESCRIPTION AVAILABLE FROM NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES SEC., RALEIGH, N. C. OR FIELD OFFICE, ASHEVILLE, N. C.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NEAL ET AL., 1973, RECOGNIZED THAT FELDSPAR CONCENTRATE MIGHT BE RECOVERED FROM A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ROCK TYPES INCLUDING GRANITES, GRANITIC GNEISSES, MONZONTES, PEGMATITES AND OTHERS. DEGREE OF WEATHERING WAS ALSO SAID TO BE A FACTOR.

Reporter information

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

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