Description
Two Men Named Lackey, Of Bryson City
Commodities
PrimaryFeldspar
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlFractures, Dilation Zones (Cameron, 1951)
Materials
Ore mineralsFeldspar
GangueBiotite, Kaolinite
Geology
Host rockGneiss
Associated rockGneiss · Mpal Granite Gneiss, Leucocratic To Mesocratic, Granitic To Granodioritic;Prec Mpal 1050-320 M.Y.;Prec Mpal 1050-320 M.Y.;Border Gneiss, Microcline Porphyroblasts In Medium-To Coarse-Grained Matrix Of Biotite, Quartz, & Feldspar
StructurePrincipal Zone Of Pegmatites Trends Northeastward; Most Pegmatites Strike Northeastward, But A Few Strike Northwest
Tectonic settingFolded Blue Ridge Province
AlterationKaolin After Plagioclase
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1947
First production1947
Discovery year1947
Identification
Deposit ID10026054
MRDS IDK002511
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.44788, -83.46211
References
CAMERON, E.N., 1951, FELDSPAR DEPOSITS OF THE BRYSON CITY DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 62, 100 P1951 OTHER CAMERON, E.N., N.C. BULL. 6CAMERON, E.N., 1951, N.C. DIV. MIN. RES. BULL. 62