Mine detail: Black Dixie Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.86009, -82.17791

Resource(N)

Primary:	Mica
Ore:	Muscovite
Gangue:	Allanite, Epidote, Garnet, Sericite, Vermiculite
Orebody form:	LENSES

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1914-1917, 1937-1940, 1942, 1944
First production started:	1914

Geology

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

References

MRDS	K001931
DEP	10025946
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.