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Locality Name:
Bryson City Feldspar District, Swain Co., North Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 102651
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-102651.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bryson City Feldspar District, Swain Co., North Carolina, USA": 38
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 37

Number of Child Localities: 37
Child Localities:
Ashe Thomas Pegmatite Prospect
Ball No. 1 Feldspar Mine
Branton Feldspar Mine
Bryson Branch Gold Placers
Carson Kaolin And Feldspar Mines (Hill Mine)
Cochran Feldspar Prospect
Cox Mine Road
Cox No. 1 Feldspar And Kaolin Mine
Cox No. 2 Feldspar And Kaolin Mine
D. Thomas Mine
Deep Creek No. 1 Kaolin And Feldspar Mine
Dehart Feldspar Mine
Hans Kaolin Mine (Thomas Mine)
Harrison T. Crisp Feldspar Prospect
Harry Thomas Kaolin And Feldspar Prospect
Hyatt No. 1 Feldspar Prospect
Hyatt No. 2 Feldspar Prospect
Lackey Feldspar Mine
Lower Ogle Kaolin Mine
Mason Feldspar Prospect
McCracken Kaolin And Feldspar Mines
Morris Kaolin Prospect
Nichols Kaolin And Feldspar Prospect
No. 8 Pegmatite Prospect
Oscar Martin Feldspar Prospect
Payne And Sullivan Kaolin Mine
Randall Kaolin Mine (Sharptop Mine)
Simon Dehart Feldspar Prospect
South McCracken Feldspar And Kaolin Prospect
Southeast McCracken Feldspar Prospect
Swain Kaolin And Feldspar Mine (Deep Creek No. 1 Mine)
Unnamed Feldspar Prospect (MRDS - 10026066)
Upper Ogle Kaolin Mine
Woody No. 1 Feldspar Mine
Woody No. 2 Kaolin Prospect
Woody No. 3 Kaolin Mine
Woody No. 4 Kaolin Mine

Latitude: 35°26'15"N
Longitude: 83°27'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.4375,-83.462777777778
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Au Be Ca F Fe H K Nb O S Si Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousBerylClayColumbiteCopperEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetKaolinite
MicaNonePyriteQuartzSpinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Beryl  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gold  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)312527352353
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1812527294286
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212527359617
Gold  (*)CopperAu125273030554
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)423252731,252735,252736,252737,252738,252739,252740,252742,252745,252746,252747,252748,252749,252751,252753,252754,252756,252758,252760,252761,252762,252763,2527645591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43252731,252735,25273814899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12527314924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)210252731,252732,252736,252738,252739,252740,252747,252754,252761,25276217380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12527302994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23252731,252735,25273839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22252731,25275361156
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O82252731,252735353
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12527311025


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