Mine detail: Woodfin Capps Mica Prospect

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Location: Madison County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.85343, -82.70504
dep_id: 10098196
mrds_id: K005102
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Trace mineral: Mica, Feldspar
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
gangue: Quartz
other_matl: Feldspar
ore_ctrl: Pegmatite
Reporter: Merschat, Carl E.
hrock_unit: Biotite Granitic Gneiss (Unit 1) Cranberry Granite
hrock_type: Gneiss
arock_unit: Pegmatite
arock_type: Pegmatite
tectonic: Blue Ridge
yfp_ba: <
Year first produced: 1939
References:
  • Deposit:: LESURE, F. G., 1968, MICA DEPOSITS OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN NORTH CAROLINA: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 577, 32 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. C. PROF PAPER 57
  • Production:: LESURE, 1968, U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 577
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