McKinney Mine, Spruce Pine, Spruce Pine District, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA

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A feldspar mine in pegmatite located at Little Switzerland near Spruce Pine (1.6 miles South of the Old 20 mine).
Deposit:: LESURE, F.G., 1968, MICA DEPOSITS OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN NORTH CAROLINA: U.S. GEOL. SURVEY PROF. PAPER 577, P.12
Deposit:: 1968 COMPILE LESURE, F.G., REPORT
Production:: LESURE, F.G., 1968, USGS PROF. PAPER 577
Deposit:: OLSON, J C, 1944, NC DEPT OF CONS & DEVEL BULL 43, PLATE 2.
Deposit:: FOR ATTACHMENT SEE 37-011-00122.

Ref.:
- Wood, K.Y. and Abbott, R.N. (1996). "Pumpellyite and Clinozoisite from the McKinney Mine Spruce Pine District North Carolina." Mineralogical Record, 27(4),pp:289-290.
- Rocks & Min.: 11:57-58; 16:290; 60:92.

Mineral List

Albite var: Oligoclase 'Allanite' 'Apatite' Autunite Axinite-(Mn) Beryl var: Aquamarine Bornite Chalcopyrite 'Chlorite Group' Clarkeite

Clinozoisite Columbite-(Fe) Columbite-(Mn) Covellite Epidote Euxenite-(Y) Fergusonite-(Y) Galena 'Garnet' Greenockite 'Gummite' Hematite

Limonite Malachite Microcline var: Amazonite Microlite Group var: Uranmicrolite (of Hogarth 1977) Monazite-(Ce) Muscovite Opal var: Opal-AN 'Pumpellyite' Pumpellyite-(Fe3+) ? Pyrite Pyrrhotite

Quartz var: Smoky Quartz Samarskite-(Y) Scheelite Sphalerite Titanite Torbernite Uraninite Vandendriesscheite Zircon var: Cyrtolite Zoisite var: Thulite

46 entries listed. 31 valid minerals.