Mine detail: Red Mine

Previously called 'Bennett Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.8762, -82.19429

Resource(N)

Primary:	Mica
Ore:	Muscovite
Gangue:	Apatite, Garnet, Pyrite, Vermiculite
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	PRE 1942, 1953-1954
First production started:	1942

Geology

Host type:	Schist
Structure:	Pegmatite Is Concordant With The Foliation Of The Enclosing Country Rock
Alteration processes:	Weathered (10 Feet)

References

MRDS	K001907
DEP	10025927
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}
Reporter	Fagan, James M.