Mine detail: Ben Aldrige Mine

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Location: Avery County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.05481, -82.05178
dep_id: 10026326
mrds_id: K003589
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Mica
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
orebody_fm: TABULAR
alteration: Weathered (10 Ft)
Reporter: Fagan, James M.
hrock_type: Gneiss
Structure: Pegmatite Is Concordant With The Foliation Of The Enclosing Country Rock
Year first produced: 1900
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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