Mine detail: Aaron Buchanan Mine

Previously called ''

<< Back to the map

Location

Lat / long:

36.05453, -82.06178

Resource(N)

Primary:	Mica
Gangue:	Garnet, Sericite
Orebody form:	LENS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1942

Geology

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

References

MRDS	K003580
DEP	10102359
Reference	{Deposit:: LESURE, F.G., 1968, MICA DEPOSITS OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN NORTH CAROLINA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 577, 124 P}{Deposit:: 1968 COMPILE LESURE, F.G. ; REPOR}{Production:: LESURE, F.G., 1968, USGS PROF. PAPER 577.}
Reporter	Fagan, James M.