Mine detail: Burton Mica Prospect

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Location: Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.47816, -82.46764
dep_id: 10026301
mrds_id: K003557
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Trace mineral: Mica
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Mica
work_type: Surface/Underground
Reporter: Floyd, Robert J.
hrock_unit: Garnetiferous Muscovite & Muscovite-Biotite Schist
hrock_type: Pegmatite
Structure: Northeast Trending Brevard Fault Zone
References:
  • Deposit:: LESURE, F.G., 1968, MICA DEPOSITS OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN NORTH CAROLINA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 577, 124P.
  • Deposit:: LEMMON, R.E., AND DUNN, D.E., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE FRUITLAND QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA: N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES GM, 202 - NW SCALE 1:24,000
  • Deposit:: LESURE, F.G., 1968, MICA DEPOSITS OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN NORTH CAROLINA: USGS PROF. PAPER 577
  • Deposit:: 1968 GEOLMAP LESURE, F.G., 1968, REPT.
  • Deposit:: 1973 GEOLMAP N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES; MAP AND REPORT
  • Production:: LEMMON, 1973, N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES
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