Mine detail: Branch Feldspar-Mica Mine

Previously called 'Zach Young Mine'

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Location: Mitchell County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.04065, -82.12984
dep_id: 10025148
mrds_id: K000820
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Feldspar
Minor mineral: Mica
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Feldspar, Muscovite
gangue: Epidote
orebody_fm: ANTICLINAL LENSES (SEVERAL BODIES)
alteration: Partly Weathered
Reporter: Fagan, James M.
hrock_type: Gneiss
Structure: Pegmatite Is Concordant With Wall Rock Structure
prod_yrs: 1905, 1933, 1942, 1955-1956
References:
  • Deposit:: LESURE, F.G., 1968, MICA DEPOSITS OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN NORTH CAROLINA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 577, P. 44-4
  • Deposit:: 1968 COMPILE LESURE, F.G
  • Production:: LESURE, F.G., 1968, U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 577
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