Mine detail: Flukens Ridge Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.88981, -82.16707

Resource(N)

Primary: Mica
Ore: Muscovite
Gangue: Vermiculite
Orebody form: TABULAR ()

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1925-1926; 1929-1931, 1937-1938, 1940, 1943
First production started: 1925

Geology

Host type:Gneiss
Structure:Pegmatite Is Concordant With The Foliation Of The Enclosing Country Rock
Alteration processes:Weathered

References

MRDSK001897
DEP10025919
Reference{Deposit:: LESURE, F.G., 1968, MICA DEPOSITS OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN NORTH CAROLINA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 577, P.12}{Deposit:: 1968 COMPILE LESURE, F.G., REPOR}{Production:: LESURE, F.G., 1968, USGS PROF. PAPER 577}
ReporterFagan, James M.