Mine detail: Unnamed Fluorite-Specularite-Gneiss Quarry

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.87148, -81.79372

Resource(B)

Primary: Stone, Dimension
Tertiary: Iron, Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore: Fluorite, Gneiss, Specularite
Orebody form: BEDDED
Discovery year: 1950

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1950

Geology

Host type:Gneiss
Structure:Ne Thrust System, Quarry Sited Along A Thrust Fault
Tectonic:Within Brevard Fault System

References

MRDSW028503
DEP10089708
Reference{Deposit:: BRYANT, BRUCE, AND REED, J. C., JR., 1970, GEOLOGY OF THE GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN WINDOW AND VICINITY, NORTH CAROLINA AND TENNESSEE, US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 615, TEXT 190 P., MINE LOCATED BY SYMBOL ON GEOL. MAP AT 1:62,500.}{Deposit:: BRYANT, BRUCE, AND REED, J. C., JR., 1966, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN WINDOW AND VICINITY, NORTH CAROLINA, US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 521, TEXT 13 P.}{Deposit:: QUARRY IN OAK HILL TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000.}{Deposit:: *GOSTINO, JOHN P., 1977, PERSONAL OBSERVATION.}{Deposit:: 1970 GEOLMAP BRYANT, GEOLOGIC MAP}{Deposit:: 1977 GEOLCHEM *GOSTINO, SAMPLING}{Production:: *GOSTINO, 1977}
Reporter*gostino, John P.