Mine detail: Laurel Branch Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.86092, -82.16652

Resource(N)

Primary:	Mica
Ore:	Muscovite
Gangue:	Sericite
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1944
First production started:	1944

Geology

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

References

MRDS	K001979
DEP	10025983
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.