Mine detail: Washburn Mine

Previously called 'James Gouge Mine'

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Location: Yancey County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.87453, -82.18402
dep_id: 10025935
mrds_id: K001916
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Mica
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Muscovite
gangue: Garnet, Sericite
orebody_fm: LENS
alteration: Weathered (40 Feet)
Reporter: Fagan, James M.
hrock_type: Gneiss
Structure: Pegmatite Is Concordant With The Foliation Of The Enclosing Country Rock
Year first produced: 1885
prod_yrs: 1885, 1936-1937, 1943
References:
  • 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
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