Mine detail: Ward Mica Mine

Previously called 'Queen MineRock Creek'

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Location: Mitchell County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.07315, -82.10317
dep_id: 10025165
mrds_id: K000840
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Mica
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Muscovite
orebody_fm: BRANCHING, PINCH AND SWELL
alteration: Unweathered
Reporter: Fagan, James M.
hrock_type: Gneiss
Structure: Blue Ridge Thrust Sheet, Pegmatite Is Discordant
tectonic: Geosyncline
prod_yrs: 1942, 1954
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, USGS PROF PAPER 577
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