Mine detail: Mckinney Mine

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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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