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Mine detail: Crate Carpenter Mica Mine
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North America
United States
North Carolina
Avery
Previously called ''
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Location
Lat / long:
35.99537, -81.9729
Resource(N)
Primary:
Mica
Ore:
Muscovite
Gangue:
Biotite, Garnet
Orebody form:
LENS
Production
Operation type:
Unknown
Production size:
Small
Development status:
Past Producer
Production years:
1942
Geology
Host type:
Gneiss
Structure:
Pegmatite Is Concordant With Wall Rock Structure
Alteration processes:
Unweathered
References
MRDS
K000851
DEP
10025176
Reference
{Deposit:: LESURE, F.G., 1968, MICA DEPOSITS OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN NORTH CAROLINA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 577, P. 36-3}{Deposit:: 1968 COMPILE LESURE, F.G}{Production:: LESURE, F.G., 1968, U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 577.}
Reporter
Fagan, James M.