Mine detail: Poll Hill Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.88481, -82.18374

Resource(N)

Primary:	Mica
Ore:	Muscovite
Gangue:	Apatite, Biotite, Calcite, Epidote
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR, LENSES, PINCH AND SWELL

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1900, 1905, 1917, INT. TO 1939, 1943-1944, 1958.
First production started:	1900

Geology

Host type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Pegmatite Is Partly Concordant With The Foliation Of The Enclosing Country Rock

References

MRDS	K001904
DEP	10102298
Reference	{Deposit:: LESURE, F.G., 1968, MICA DEPOSITS OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN NORTH CAROLINA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 577, P.12}{Deposit:: 1968 COMPILE LESURE, F.G., REPOR}{Production:: LESURE, F.G., 1968, USGS PROF. PAPER 577}
Reporter	Fagan, James M.