Mine detail: Ingram-Benfield Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.99231, -81.9979

Resource(N)

Primary:	Mica
Ore:	Muscovite
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1890, 1942, 1954

Geology

Host type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Pegmatite Is Partly Concordant With Wall Rock Structure
Alteration processes:	Partly Weathered

References

MRDS	K000854
DEP	10025179
Reference	{Deposit:: LESURE, F.G., 1968, MICA DEPOSITS OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN NORTH CAROLINA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 577, P. 38-3}{Deposit:: 1968 COMPILE LESURE, F.G}{Production:: LESURE, F.G., 1968, U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 577.}
Reporter	Fagan, James M.