Mine detail: Carson Rock Mine

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

MRDSK001971
DEP10025977
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}
ReporterFagan, James M.