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State Produces 65% of the Nation's Feldspar
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Feldspar mining began in the state about 1917, near Spruce Pine in Mitchell County. Today North Carolina produces about 65 percent of the country's needs, or around 270,000 tons. Around three hundred workers mine the mineral or work in the six processing plants.
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