Mine detail: Shuford Mine

Previously called 'Wiley Blevins Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.85509, -82.19235

Resource(N)

Primary:	Mica
Ore:	Muscovite
Orebody form:	LENSES

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1920, 1942-1943, 1953
First production started:	1920

Geology

Host type:	Gneiss
Alteration processes:	Weathered

References

MRDS	K001941
DEP	10102306
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.