Mine detail: Westall Mine

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Location: Yancey County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.80538, -82.21291
dep_id: 10025972
mrds_id: K001964
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Mica
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Muscovite
gangue: Beryl
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR, PIPE
Reporter: Fagan, James M.
hrock_type: Gneiss
Structure: Pegmatite Is Disconcordant With The Foliation Of The Enclosing Country Rock
Year first produced: 1890
prod_yrs: 1890, 1917 INTERMITANT TO 1943 1952-1953.
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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