Commodities
PrimaryBrick Clay
TertiaryMica
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLINEAR
Ore controlSheared Highly Metamorphosed Carolina Gneiss
Materials
Ore mineralsMuscovite
GangueOligoclase, Quartz
Geology
Host rockPegmatite · Carolina Gneiss;Roan Gneiss
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite
StructureEast Side Of Cherryville Pluton
Tectonic settingPre And Post Pegmatite Faults
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1932
Discovery year1931
Identification
Deposit ID10078260
MRDS IDW026502
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates35.20511, -81.39038
References
SRC.REF: KEITH, 1931KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY - KINGS MOUNTAIN S. C. - N. C. FOLIO NO. 222 , USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U. S., MINE TEXT P. 13 , PROSPECT LOCATED ON MAP AT 1 : 62,500 , TEXT 13 P.KESLER, THOMAS L., 1942 , THE TIN - SPODUMENE BELT OF THE CAROLINAS, U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY STRATEGIC MINERALS INVEST 1942 , PART 2, J-R, TEXT P. 245 TO 269BROADHURST, SAM D, 1956 , LITHIUM RESOURCES OF NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. CONS. AND DEVEL., DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES, INFOR. CIRC. 15 , MINE TEXT P. 19 , 25 , TEXT 37 P.1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., MINE LOCATIONS1942 GEOMAP KESLER, PEGMATITE LOCATIONS1956 COMPILE BROADHURST, N. C. STATE, HISTORYTOPO 1971