Mine detail: Unnamed Mica Prospect Fl - 058

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.20511, -81.39038

Resource(N)

Primary: Brick Clay
Tertiary: Mica
Ore: Muscovite
Gangue: Oligoclase, Quartz
Orebody form: LINEAR
Discovery year: 1931

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1932

Geology

Host rock:Carolina Gneiss;Roan Gneiss
Host type:Pegmatite
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite
Structure:East Side Of Cherryville Pluton
Tectonic:Pre And Post Pegmatite Faults

References

MRDSW026502
DEP10078260
Reference{Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: KEITH, 1931}{Deposit:: KEITH, ARTHUR, 1931 , GAFFNEY - KINGS MOUNTAIN S. C. - N. C. FOLIO NO. 222 , USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE U. S., MINE TEXT P. 13 , PROSPECT LOCATED ON MAP AT 1 : 62,500 , TEXT 13 P.}{Deposit:: KESLER, THOMAS L., 1942 , THE TIN - SPODUMENE BELT OF THE CAROLINAS, U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY STRATEGIC MINERALS INVEST 1942 , PART 2, J-R, TEXT P. 245 TO 269}{Deposit:: BROADHURST, SAM D, 1956 , LITHIUM RESOURCES OF NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. CONS. AND DEVEL., DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES, INFOR. CIRC. 15 , MINE TEXT P. 19 , 25 , TEXT 37 P.}{Deposit:: 1931 GEOMAP KEITH, A., MINE LOCATIONS}{Deposit:: 1942 GEOMAP KESLER, PEGMATITE LOCATIONS}{Deposit:: 1956 COMPILE BROADHURST, N. C. STATE, HISTORY}{Production:: TOPO 1971}
Reporter*gostino, John P.