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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