Mine detail: Dobie and Ross Buchanan Feldspar Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 36.0362, -82.07651

Resource(N)

Primary: Feldspar
Secondary: Mica
Ore: Feldspar, Muscovite
Gangue: Garnet
Orebody form: TABULAR ()

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: PRE 1942

Geology

Host type:Gneiss
Structure:Pegmatite Concordant With Wall Rock

References

MRDSK000834
DEP10025159
Reference{Deposit:: LESURE, F.G., 1968, MICA DEPOSITS OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN NORTH CAROLINA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 577, P. 46-4}{Deposit:: 1968 COMPILE LESURE, F.G}{Production:: LESURE, F.G. 1968, U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 577}
ReporterFagan, James M.