Mine detail: Clarissa Mica Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

36.01759, -82.10901

Resource(N)

Primary:	Mica
Ore:	Muscovite
Gangue:	Apatite, Biotite, Garnet
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL, TABULAR, LENSES

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1869, INT. TO 1942, 1952, 1958-1960 FIRST WORKED BY INDIANS.

Geology

Host type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Pegmatite Concordant With Wallrock
Alteration processes:	Weathered

References

MRDS	K000873
DEP	10102251
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Fagan, James M.