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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