Description
Dan York, Route 2, Brison City, Nc
Commodities
TertiaryBeryllium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formPOD/LENS
Materials
Ore mineralsBeryl
GangueMuscovite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Great Smoky Group, Feldspathic Sandstone & Arkosic Conglomerate
StructurePegmatite Appears Comformable With Bedding Of Sediments.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1963
Identification
Deposit ID10025164
MRDS IDK000839
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.37872, -83.5285
References
CAMERON, E.N., 1951, FELDSPAR DEPOSITS OF THE BRYSON CITY DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL 62, 100P.KEITH, ARTHUR, 1907, DESCRIPTION OF THE NATAHALA QUADRANGLE (NORTH CAROLINA-TENNESSEE): U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. ATLAS, FOLIO 1431964 RECON LAURENCE, R. A., DISCOURAGING1964 RECON T. V. A., DISCOURAGINGFILE MEMORANDUM: LAURENCE, R.A., 1964, MEMORANDUM TO KIILSGAARD DATED FEBRUARY 11, 1964: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. ^253 TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, 1964, DAVIS TO MONEYMAKER FILE MEMORANDUM DATED FEBRUARY 7, 1964.