Mine detail: Woodfin Capps Mica Prospect

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Location

Lat / long: 35.85343, -82.70504

Resource(N)

Tertiary: Mica, Feldspar
Gangue: Quartz
Other material: Feldspar

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1939

Geology

Host rock:Biotite Granitic Gneiss (Unit 1) Cranberry Granite
Host type:Gneiss
Associated rock:Pegmatite
Associated type:Pegmatite
Tectonic:Blue Ridge

References

MRDSK005102
DEP10098196
Reference{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}
ReporterMerschat, Carl E.