Mine detail: Hootowl Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.88342, -82.14013

Resource(N)

Primary:	Feldspar, Mica
Ore:	Feldspar, Muscovite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1937-1939, 1942
First production started:	1937

Geology

Host type:	Gneiss
Associated type:	Pegmatite
Structure:	Pegmatite Is Disconcordant With The Foliation Of The Enclosing Country Rock
Alteration processes:	Biotite Alteration

References

MRDS	K001986
DEP	10025989
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.