Mine detail: Mckinney Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.84731, -82.13874

Resource(B)

Primary:	Feldspar, Mica
Secondary:	Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium)
Ore:	Feldspar, Muscovite
Gangue:	Allanite, Apatite, Beryl, Chalcopyrite, Columbite, Covellite, Epidote, Garnet, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Thulite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1924 INT. TO 1962
First production started:	1924

Geology

Host type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Pegmatite Is Partly Concordant With The Foliation Of The Enclosing Country Rock
Alteration processes:	Unweathered

References

MRDS	K002004
DEP	10026003
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.