Mine detail: Sam Cox #1

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Location: Madison County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.83954, -82.50153
dep_id: 10026463
mrds_id: K005104
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Feldspar
Trace mineral: Mica
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Feldspar
gangue: Biotite, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Surface
ore_ctrl: Pegmatite
Reporter: Merschat, Carl E.
hrock_unit: Bio Horn-Migmatite (Unit 2) Roan Gneiss
hrock_type: Gneiss
arock_unit: Pegmatites
arock_type: Pegmatite
tectonic: Blue Ridge
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:: MERSCHAT, C. E., IN PROGRESS 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP AND MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE MARS HILL QUADRANGLE; NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES SEC. GM 191-SE AND MRS 191-SE
  • Deposit:: 1968 COMPILE LESURE, F. G. PROF PAPER 57
  • Production:: LESURE, F. G., 1968, U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 577
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