Mine detail: Irby Cut Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.8612, -82.17707

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:	1880, 1943
First production started:	1880

Geology

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

References

MRDS	K001933
DEP	10025948
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.