Mine detail: Clarissa Mica Mine

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Location: Mitchell County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.01759, -82.10901
dep_id: 10102251
mrds_id: K000873
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Mica
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Muscovite
gangue: Apatite, Biotite, Garnet
orebody_fm: PINCH AND SWELL, TABULAR, LENSES
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Weathered
Reporter: Fagan, James M.
hrock_type: Gneiss
Structure: Pegmatite Concordant With Wallrock
prod_yrs: 1869, INT. TO 1942, 1952, 1958-1960 FIRST WORKED BY INDIANS.
References:
  • Deposit:: LESURE, F.G., 1968, MICA DEPOSITS OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN NORTH CAROLINA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 577, P. 46-4
  • Deposit:: 1968 COMPILE LESURE, F.G
  • Production:: LESURE, F.G., 1968, U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 577
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