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Spencer Mountain Kyanite Occurrence

Occurrence in Gaston county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Quartz, Kyanite
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078899
MRDS ID W027599
Record type Site
Current site name Spencer Mountain Kyanite Occurrence
Related records 10296700

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.11649, 35.2951 (WGS84)
Elevation 280
Relative position 3.5 KM NW OF LOWELL; EXACT LOCATION NOT GIVEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gaston(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Holly(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Catawba(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Gaston

Comments on the location information

  • STEEP SOUTH SLOPE OF SPENCER MOUNTAIN, EAST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Tertiary
Kyanite Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VERY MINOR AMOUNTS OF KYANITE IN BEDROCK

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kyanite Ore
Quartz Ore

Analytical data

Result MINUTE WHITE CRYSTALS IN VERY MINOR AMOUNTS IN THE QUARTZITE AND SCHIST

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.11649, 35.2951
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gastonia Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • VERY LOW-GRADE KYANITE OCCURRENCE

Comments on the workings information

  • OCCURRENCE ONLY

Comments on development

  • KYANITE-BEARING QUARTZITE AND SCHIST WELL EXPOSED IN ABANDONED QUARRY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: ESPENSHADE, 1960

  • Deposit

    ESPENSHADE, G. H., AND POTTER, D. B., 1960 , KYANITE, SILLIMANITE, AND ANDALUSITE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTH-EASTERN STATES, USGS, PP. 336 , TEXT 121 P., MINE TEXT P. 89

  • Deposit

    OCCURRENCE IN MOUNT HOLLY TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1960 RECON ESPENSHADE, KYANITE LOCALITIE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEDROCK AT THIS LOCATION BEDS OF FINE-GRAINED QUARTZITE, MICACEOUS QUARTZITE, AND QUARTZ-MICA SCHIST
Deposit METAMORPHOSED CLAY-RICH SANDS OR SILTS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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