Mine detail: Ward Mica Mine

Previously called 'Queen MineRock Creek'

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Location

Lat / long: 36.07315, -82.10317

Resource(N)

Primary: Mica
Ore: Muscovite
Orebody form: BRANCHING, PINCH AND SWELL

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1942, 1954

Geology

Host type:Gneiss
Structure:Blue Ridge Thrust Sheet, Pegmatite Is Discordant
Tectonic:Geosyncline
Alteration processes:Unweathered

References

MRDSK000840
DEP10025165
Reference{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}
ReporterFagan, James M.