Location: | Mitchell County, North Carolina, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 35.84731, -82.13874 |
dep_id: | 10026003 |
mrds_id: | K002004 |
Commodity type: | metallic and nonmetallic |
Major mineral: | Feldspar, Mica |
Minor mineral: | Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium) |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Production occurred |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Feldspar, Muscovite |
gangue: | Allanite, Apatite, Beryl, Chalcopyrite, Columbite, Covellite, Epidote, Garnet, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Thulite |
work_type: | Surface/Underground |
alteration: | Unweathered |
Reporter: | Fagan, James M. |
hrock_type: | Gneiss |
Structure: | Pegmatite Is Partly Concordant With The Foliation Of The Enclosing Country Rock |
Year first produced: | 1924 |
prod_yrs: | 1924 INT. TO 1962 |
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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