Mine detail: Buckeye Mica Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

36.00259, -82.1104

Resource(N)

Primary:	Mica
Ore:	Muscovite
Gangue:	Sericite
Orebody form:	LENSES, PINCH AND SWELL

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1911, 1942, 1954-1956

Geology

Host type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Concordant Pegmatite Lenses In Zone Of Dragfolded Gneiss
Alteration processes:	Unweathered

References

MRDS	K000836
DEP	10025161
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:: USGS PROF. PAPER 577}
Reporter	Fagan, James M.