Mine detail: Bob Wise Mine

Previously called 'Hawk Ruby'

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Location

Lat / long: 36.04926, -82.07373

Resource(N)

Primary: Mica
Orebody form: LENS, PODS

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1900

Geology

Host type:Gneiss
Structure:Pegmatite Is Partly Concordant With The Foliation Of The Enclosing Country Rock
Alteration processes:Weathered

References

MRDSK003595
DEP10026330
Reference{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.}
ReporterFagan, James M.