Description
General Clingman
Commodities
PrimaryZirconium
TertiaryFeldspar
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlPegmatite
Materials
Ore mineralsZircon
GangueAnatase, Apatite, Epidote, Kaolinite, Microcline, Sphene, Vermiculite
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Sillimanite-Bearing Mica Gneiss And Schist
Associated rockGneiss,Pegmatite · Pegmatite;Granitic Gneiss (Wall Rock)
StructureNortheast
Tectonic settingBlue Ridge
AlterationWeathering Of Feldspar To Kaolinite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1888
Discovery year1869
Identification
Deposit ID10026273
MRDS IDK003516
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.22928, -82.43764
References
PRATT, J.H., 1916, ZIRCON, MONAZITE, AND OTHER MINERALS USED IN THE PRODUCTION OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF LIGHTING APPARATUS: NORTH CAROLINA GEOL. AND ECON. SURVEY BULL. 25, 120 P.OLSON, J.C., 1952, PEGMATITES OF THE CASHIERS AND ZIRCONIA DISTRICTS, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 64, 32 P.CONLEY, J.F., 1958, MINERAL LOCALITIES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES INF. CIRC. 16, 83 P.1916 COMPILE PRATT, J.H., P. 15-161952 OTHER OLSON, J.C., P. 17 - 221958 COMPILE CONLEY, J.F., P. 36 - 37OLSON, J.C., 1952, N. C. DIV. MIN. RES. BULL. 64, P. 17.