Commodities
PrimaryBarium-Barite
TertiaryFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Silver
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENSES, PINCH AND SWELL
Materials
Ore mineralsBarite, Fluorite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Snowbird Group, Feldspathic Quartzite And Slate
Associated rockGneiss,Granite · Max Patch Granite, Coarse Or Porphyritic Granite Gneiss;Cranberry Gneiss; Granite Gneiss With Lenses Of Hornblende Gneiss, Mica Gneiss, And Mica Gneiss
StructureDeposit Is A Few Hundred Feet From The Brushy Mountain Thrust Fault.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10026130
MRDS IDK002606
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.84177, -82.85348
References
ORIEL, S.S., 1950, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE HOT SPRINGS WINDOW, MADISON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 60, P. 701950 OTHER ORIEL, S.S., N.C. DIV. MIN. RES. BULL