Mine detail: Spider Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.88287, -82.17679

Resource(N)

Primary: Mica
Ore: Muscovite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1912-1914, 1925, 1927, 1929-1931
First production started: 1912

Geology

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

References

MRDSK001910
DEP10025930
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.