| Lat / long: | 35.39455, -83.49461 |
| Primary: | Kaolin |
| Tertiary: | Feldspar |
| Ore: | Feldspar, Kaolin |
| Gangue: | Biotite |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Yes |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1916 |
| Host type: | Gneiss |
| Associated rock: | Border Gneiss, Microcline Porphyrobiasts In Medium-To Coarse-Grained Matrix Of Biotite, Quartz, And Feldspar;Mpal;Prec Mpal 1050-320 M.Y.;Prec Mpal 1050-320 M.Y |
| Associated type: | Gabbro,Gneiss |
| Structure: | Principal Zone Of Pegmatites Trends Northeast; Most Pegmatites Strike Northeast, But Some Strike Northwest. |
| Tectonic: | Folded Blue Ridge Province |
| Alteration processes: | Alteration Of Plagioclase To Kaolin |
| MRDS | K002529 |
| DEP | 10026070 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: CAMERON, E.N., 1951, FELDSPAR DEPOSITS OF THE BRYSON CITY DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 62, 100 P.}{Deposit:: RIES, H., BAYLEY, W.S., AND OTHERS, 1922, HIGH-GRADE CLAYS OF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES; USGS BULL. 708, P. 44.}{Deposit:: 1922 OTHER BAYLEY, W.S., USGS BULL. 708}{Deposit:: 1951 OTHER CAMERON, E.N., N.C. BULL. 62}{Production:: CAMERON, E.N., 1951, N.C. DIV. MIN. RES. BULL. 62} |
| Reporter | Hale, Robin C. |