Beech Bottom Feldspar Mine

Past Producer in Avery county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Feldspar

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 coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-82.00734, 36.07398 (WGS84)
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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

MUSCOVITE RARE

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

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-82.00734, 36.07398	ListMap

Comments on the geologic information

PLAGIOCLASE, PERTHITE, QUARTZ PEGMATITE, MEDIUM GRAINED

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Deposit size	Large
Significant	No
Year of first production	<1942

Mining district

District name	Spruce Pine District/Plumtree Area

Comments on the workings information

THREE CUTS, 125 SHORT ADITS, SHAFTS (REPORTED 160 FT. DEEP)

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	K003570

Bibliographic references

Deposit

LESURE, F.G., 1968, MICA DEPOSITS OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN NORTH CAROLINA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 577, 124 P
Deposit

1968 COMPILE LESURE, F.G. ; REPOR
Production

LESURE, F.G., 1968, USGS PROF. PAPER 577.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	DATA ABSTRACTED FROM USGS PROF. PAPER 577.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-MAY-1975	Fagan, James M.	U.S. Geological Survey