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Hagers Mountain Kyanite deposits, Hagers Mountain, Person Co., North Carolina, USA

Latitude: 36°28'N
Longitude: 78°58'W

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Commodities (Major) - Kyanite.
Deposit Type: Replacement
Development Status: Occurrence
Host Rock Unit: Ortega Formation, Hudson River Slates, Schist, Gneiss

Mineral List

'Chlorite Group'
Chloritoid
Ilmenite ?

Kaolinite
Kyanite
Muscovite

Paragonite
Pyrophyllite
Quartz

Rutile
Zircon

11 entries listed. 10 valid minerals.

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References

ESPENSHADE, G. H. AND POTTER, D. B. (1960), KYANITE, SILLIMANITE, AND ANDALUSITE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 336: 55-56.

Zen, E-An (1961), Mineralogy and Petrology of the System Al2O3-SiO2-H2O in some Pyrophyllite Deposits of North Carolina, The American Mineralogist: 46 (Jan-Feb).

Wilson, Shelbi E. and Owens, Brent (2007), Geochemical Constrainsts on the Origin of Chloritoid-Bearing Kyanite Quartzite at Hagers Mountain, North Carolina and Comparisons with Virginia Occurrences: Geological Society Of America.

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