Mine detail: Happy Hill Mine

Previously called 'Jeff Burelson'

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Location

Lat / long: 36.04398, -82.06373

Resource(N)

Primary: Mica
Gangue: Sericite
Orebody form: ELLIPSOLDAL

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1895

Geology

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

References

MRDSK003601
DEP10026334
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.