Geologic information
Identification information
Deposit ID |
10026312 |
MRDS ID |
K003570 |
Record type |
Site |
Current site name |
Beech Bottom Feldspar Mine |
Alternate or previous names |
Jackson Mine |
Related records |
10223804 |
Geographic areas
Country |
State |
County |
United States |
North Carolina |
Avery |
Comments on the location information
- SEE PLATE 3, USGS PROF. PAPER 577 FOR LOCATION
Commodities
Commodity |
Importance |
Feldspar |
Primary |
Comments on the commodity information
Materials information
Materials |
Type of material |
Feldspar |
Ore |
Host and associated rocks
Host or associated |
Host |
Rock type |
Metamorphic Rock
> Gneiss |
Stratigraphic age (youngest) |
Neoproterozoic |
|
Comments on the geologic information
- PLAGIOCLASE, PERTHITE, QUARTZ PEGMATITE, MEDIUM GRAINED