Mine detail: Hawk Mica Mine

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Location: Mitchell County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.02898, -82.07928
dep_id: 10025198
mrds_id: K000878
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Mica
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Muscovite
gangue: Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Spessartite, Thulite
orebody_fm: LENSES, PINCH AND SWELL
alteration: Biotite Alteration; Saprolite (100 Ft.)
Reporter: Fagan, James M.
hrock_type: Gneiss
Structure: Pegmatite Concordant With Wallrock Structure
prod_yrs: 1870-1895, 1920, 1929-1930, 1939-1944, 1953-1959
References:
  • Deposit:: LESURE, F.G. 1968, MICA DEPOSITS OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN NORTH CAROLINA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 577, P
  • Deposit:: 1968 COMPILE LESURE, F.G
  • Production:: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 577
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