Mine detail: W.C. Burleson Mica Mine

Previously called 'Joe Stevenson Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.00426, -82.0754

Resource(N)

Primary:	Mica
Ore:	Muscovite
Gangue:	Apatite, Garnet, Hyalite, Pyrite, Sericite
Orebody form:	CONTORTED TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1900, 1930-1932, 1939-1945, 1952, 1956

Geology

Host type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Pegmatite Is Partly Concordant With Wallrock
Alteration processes:	Biotite Alteration

References

MRDS	K000877
DEP	10025197
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:: LESURE, F.G. 1968, U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 577}
Reporter	Fagan, James M.