Mine detail: Old Gibbs Mine

Previously called 'WashoutBlandGibbs Clay Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.8462, -82.17846

Resource(N)

Primary:	Mica, Kaolin
Ore:	Kaolin, Muscovite
Gangue:	Garnet
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1924-1926, 1933-1935
First production started:	1924

Geology

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

References

MRDS	K001948
DEP	10025959
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.