An opencast lithium mine in lithia bearing-pegmatite (quartz-microcline-spodumene pegmatite). Started about 1938 and owned by the Foote Mineral Co.
Ref.: Rocks & Minerals: 60: 65, 76-83.
Tschernich, R. (1992): Zeolites of the World, 68.
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Map Reference: 35°12'40"N , 81°21'20"W
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