Mine detail: Fanny Gouge Mine

Previously called 'Spruce Pine Mica Co. No. 10 Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 35.88759, -82.17957

Resource(N)

Primary: Mica
Ore: Muscovite
Gangue: Apatite, Calcite, Clarkeite, Epidote, Garnet, Monazite, Sericite, Thulite, Torbernite, Uraninite, Uranophane
Orebody form: PINCH AND SWELL

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1903, 1912, 1925-1932, 1938, 1943
First production started: 1903

Geology

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

References

MRDSK001902
DEP10025923
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.