Mine detail: Crabtree Mountain Emerald Mine

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Location: Mitchell County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.87342, -82.13124
dep_id: 10025992
mrds_id: K001990
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Mica, Gemstone
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Muscovite
gangue: Beryl, Garnet, Pyrite
orebody_fm: TABULAR ()
Reporter: Fagan, James M.
hrock_type: Schist
Structure: Pegmatite Is Concordant With The Foliation Of The Enclosing Country Rock
Year first produced: 1894
prod_yrs: 1894, 1906
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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