Mine detail: Hawk Mica Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

36.02898, -82.07928

Resource(N)

Primary:	Mica
Ore:	Muscovite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Spessartite, Thulite
Orebody form:	LENSES, PINCH AND SWELL

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1870-1895, 1920, 1929-1930, 1939-1944, 1953-1959

Geology

Host type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Pegmatite Concordant With Wallrock Structure
Alteration processes:	Biotite Alteration; Saprolite (100 Ft.)

References

MRDS	K000878
DEP	10025198
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Fagan, James M.