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Mine detail: Carson Rock Mine
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North America
United States
North Carolina
Yancey
Previously called ''
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Location
Lat / long:
35.77954, -82.20485
Resource(N)
Primary:
Mica
Ore:
Muscovite
Gangue:
Garnet, Kyanite, Tourmaline
Orebody form:
TABULAR
Production
Operation type:
Unknown
Production size:
Yes
Development status:
Past Producer
Production years:
1870-1875; 1896-1897; 1922; 1932 INTERMITTANT TO 1939; 1942-1945; 1952-1955
First production started:
1870
Geology
Host type:
Gneiss
Structure:
Pegmatite Is Concordant With The Foliation Of The Enclosing Country Rock
Alteration processes:
Unweathered
References
MRDS
K001971
DEP
10025977
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.