Mine detail: Puncheon Camp Mine

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Location: Avery County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.07453, -82.02067
dep_id: 10026313
mrds_id: K003571
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Mica, Feldspar
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Feldspar
gangue: Vermiculite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
Reporter: Fagan, James M.
Structure: Pegmatite Is Disconcordant With The Foliation Of The Enclosing Country Rock
References:
  • Deposit:: LESURE, F.G., 1968, MICA DEPOSITS OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN NORTH CAROLINA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 577, 124 P
  • Deposit:: 1968 COMPILE LESURE, F.G. ; REPOR
  • Production:: LESURE, F.G., 1968, USGS PROF. PAPER 577.
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