Mica Deposits of the Southeastern Piedmont Part 5. Shelby-Hickory District North Carolina Part 6. Outlying Deposits in North Carolina GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 248-D Mica Deposits of the Southeastern Piedmont Part 5. Shelby-Hickory District North Carolina Part 6. Outlying Deposits in North Carolina By WALLACE R. GRIFFITTS and JERRY C. OLSON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 248-D Distribution and structure of pegmatite bodies in the areas, their mineralogical characteristics, and the economic possibilities of the mica and other pegmatite minerals UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1953 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Douglas McKay, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY W. E. Wrather, Director For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office Washington 25, D. C. CONTENTS Page Page Part 5. Shelby-Hickory district, N. C_____ -__--___-__ 203 Part 5. Shelby-Hickory district—Continued Abstract- ---_----_-----_-______________________ 203 Descriptions of deposits—Continued Introduction: Field work and acknowledgments.--. 203 Burke and Catawba Counties—Continued Geography of the district-_-______________-______ 204 Abernathy Water mine._________________ 232 Geology of the district __ ________________________ 204 Abernathy Long Cut (Hickory) mine______ 232 Rock formations _ __________________ _______ 204 Other mines and prospects.______________ 233 Metamorphic rocks _____________________ 204 Catawba, Cleveland, and Lincoln Counties: Igneous rocks. _________________________ 206 Fallston area. Structure. _ ________________________________ 208 Tallant prospect-------------- — _______ 233 Mica-bearing pegmatites____ _ ____________________ 209 A. F. Hoyle mine_.______-______------_- 233 Distribution and occurrence. _________________ 209 Jake Hoyle prospect-___________________ 235 General structural features. _ _________________ 209 Bonnet Split (Big Hill) mine _____________ 235 Size and shape. _____________________ . __ 209 Cooke mine________________----_------_ 235 Attitude. ______________________________ 210 Indian Graveyard mine— _______________ 235 Relation to country rock _ ______ _________ 211 Indiantown (Mull) mine_--____--------__ 236 Internal structure. _ _________________ _______ 213 Randall (Norman) mine_ ________________ 236 Mineralogical features and paragenesis_ _______ 216 Woodrow prospects.____________________ 236 Wall-rock alteration____ _ ____________________ 218 Bumgarner mine______________________ 236 Origin.- ____________________________________ 220 Mitchem deposit-_____________________ 236 Marvin King prospects-_________________ 236 Tin- and spodumene-bearing pegmatites. __________ 221 Shorty prospect._______________________ 237 Distribution and occurrence. _________________ 221 Mineralogical and structural features_______ __ 221 Archie Norman (W. H. Thompson, Wyatt) mines_ ______________________________ 237 Origin_ _ ___________________________________ 222 M. H. Gantt mine_______________ —_._-_ 238 Other pegmatites- _-----_--_--__- _______________ 222 Ira London prospect- ___________---_-___ 238 Economic aspects of the pegmatite minerals.___. ... 223 B. T. Gantt prospect__________________ 238 Mica. _____________________________________ 223 Griggs mines-___--_---_--------------__ 238 Feldspar and kaolin__ _____________________ __ 223 Wright prospect._-__._---_..________-___ 239 Beryl ___ ________________________________ 224 Royster mine____________-.___------___ 239 Tin and spodumene. ________________________ 224 Fallston prospect_______________________ 239 Monazite. _________________________________ 224 Mauney Carpenter mine—_ __________ 239 Graphite, corundum, and sillimanite- _________ 224 Lem Hamrick mine_ __________________ 239 Other minerals. ______________________ ______ 225 Pink Leatherman mine_______-_-_--___-- 239 Mining- _______________________________________ 225 Shull (John Dillinger) mines _____________ 240 225 Hull (Rock Cut) mine___----_---__--__- 240 Mine workings and mining methods____ _______ 225 Hallman mine__________-__---____--_--_ 240 Production, _ _______________________________ 225 Shidal prospect------------------------- 240 Future of the district___----___-----_ ________ 225 W. T. Foster (W. A. Thompson) mines____ 240 Descriptions of deposits, _ _______________________ 226 Biggerstaff (Deadman) mine_ ______ ______ 242 Iredell County : Iredell area_ ________________ 226 Wehunt prospect-______________________ 243 Alexander County: Hiddenite area___ _ ________ 227 Plato Houser mine________-___---------- 243 O. F. Patterson icine___ ________ _______ 227 Plato Houser No. 2 mine________________ 245 Gwaltney prospects _____________________ 227 Bess mine.___________________________ 245 Dagenhart mine_ _ ______________________ 227 J. B. Peeler mine_____-__-_--__--------- 245 Other prospects. ________________________ 227 Beam prospect-_______________-----_--_ 245 Caldwell County: Oak Hill area. _____________ 228 W. L. C. Foster prospect. _______________ 245 Me Gee mine ___________________________ 228 Lincoln mine___-_-___----__------------ 245 Other mines and prospects. ____-_-__-_-__ 228 Carl Harrelson prospect_______-___---___ 246 Catawba County: Conover area_______ _______ 229 Doris Eaker mine-________-__-_--_------ 246 Sigmon mine_ _ ___________.___-_-__-_-__ 229 Jack Baxter (Tom Baxter) mine_-_---__-- 246 Drum mine ____________________________ 230 Jack Baxter prospect____------___------- 247 Other mines and prospects _______________ 230 Baxter East prospect--__________________ 247 Burke and Catawba Counties: Burke Chapel Other mines and prospects_______________ 247 area_ ____________________________________ 231 Gaston County: Cherryville area_____________ 249 Noah Young mine_ _____________________ 231 Claude Beam prospect_- _______________ 249 Floyd Brittan mine_ ____________________ 231 Big Bess (M. M. Carpenter, M. S. Bess) Reed mine. ____________________________ 231 mine_ _________.__._--__-:_--------- 249 IV CONTENTS Part 5. Shelby-Hickory district—Continued Page Part 5. Shelby-Hickory district — Continued Page Descriptions of deposits—Continued Description of deposits — Continued Gaston County: Cherryville area—Continued Cleveland County: Shelby area — Continued E. R. Self (Old Neale) mine___-________ 251 Webb mine__________-__ __ ___________ 269 Huskins mine__________________________ 253 G. B. McSwain mine__--_. _-------__---- 270 S. E. Peeler prospect.___________________ 255 Mill Race mine _ ______________________ 271 Cleveland County: Kings Mountain area______ 255 J. T. Martin prospects, _________________ 271 Seism prospect _________________________ 255 J. F. Green mine___ ____________________ 272 Bun Patterson (Old Carroll) mine_______ 255 Old Plantation mine... __________________ 272 Rice mine______________________________ 256 Anthony prospects. ___--__--______-_-_-_ 272 Herndon mine_________________________ _ 256 Lail prospect.. _ _______________----_---_ 273 Other prospects_______________________ 256 Other mines and prospects. ______________ 273 Cleveland County: Polkville area__________ ___ 256 Western Alexander County __________________ 275 Gettys No.1 mine______________________ 256 Central and southern Catawba County________ 275 Gettys No. 2 mine______________________ 257 Moose mine _ _______________-------_-__ 275 Wallace mine__________________________ 257 Other mines and prospects. _ _____________ 275 Peeler No. 1 mine_______________________ 258 Eastern Cleveland County______ _____________ 276 Peeler No. 2 mine_____________________ 258 J. L. Foster prospect- _________----_--___ 276 Fred Falls prospect_____--_-__--________ 258 Sweezy mine ______________-------_---__ 276 Cleveland County: Shelby area_______________ 258 J. North Smith prospects ________________ 276 Powell (Sugar Barrel) mine ______________ 258 W. H. Fortenberry prospect. __ _ __________ 276 Jim Blanton prospect___________________ 259 Other mines and prospects. ______________ 276 Williamson mine_ _______________________ 259 Northwestern Cleveland County. __ ___________ 277 Mclntyre mine_________________________ 259 Clyde Warlick mine _ _________________ . 277 Bowen mine_______-__--___________ 259 Mull mine, _____ _ ____________________ 277 Harris mine____________________________ 259 Ledford mine ___ ___________ _____ __ 277 Home prospect.________________________ 260 Hastings mine.. _ _______________________ 277 Bowen Southeast prospect.______________ 260 L. R. Elliot mine_ ______________ _____ 278 Mary Gold mine________________________ 260 Lattimore mine____ __________ __________ 278 Plato Seism prospect-___________________ 260 T. C. StroudprospectS-______-______--__ 278 S. S. Mauney (M. M. Mauney, Homestead) Clippard prospect____ __________________ 278 mine ________________________________ 260 Eastern Rutherford County. _________________ 278 Bailey Mauney mine____________________ 260 Lax Stroud mine ___ ________________ _ 278 D. H. Spangler prospects-_______________ 261 Dycus mine ,.----__.--.--------_--- - -. 278 Campbell mine.________________________ 261 Maurice mine________-___-__--_________ 279 Weathers mine_________________________ 261 Other mines and prospects, ______________ 281 Cliff Blanton mine______________________ 261 References cited. _ _______________________________ 281 Cabaniss-Story (Cabaniss Three Sisters) Part 6. Outlying deposits in North Carolina. __________ 283 262 Abstract- ______________ __ _ __ _ _________ 283 T. N. Spangler (Reuben Spangler) pros­ Introduction ___________________________________ 283 pects, _______________________________