North Carolina, South Carolina · Catawba, Cleveland, Spartanburg County
Occurrence

Cliffside-Elkin Kyn Belt Deposit

Catawba, Cleveland, Spartanburg County, North Carolina, South Carolina, United States
Kyanite
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Commodities
TertiaryKyanite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeMetamorphic
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR, CURVED ZONE
Materials
Ore mineralsSillimanite
Geology
Host rockSchist · Quartz-Biotite-Muscovite Schist
AlterationSericitization
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10069805
MRDS IDW007499
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates35.18344, -81.79984
References
HASH, L. J., AND VAN HORN, E. C., 1951, SILLIMANITE DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MIN. RES. BULL. 61