Mine detail: Rocky River Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

34.29343, -82.59066

Resource(N)

Primary:	Mica
Ore:	Muscovite
Gangue:	Amethyst, Beryl
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Pegmatite
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Unknown
First production started:	1921
Last production ended:	1923

Geology

References

MRDS	W044388
DEP	10106321
Reference	{Deposit:: TEAGUE, K.H., 1949, MICA DEPOSITS OF NORTHWESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA: UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT, PP. 28-29}{Deposit:: UNPUBLISHED DATA, S.C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY}{Deposit:: Teague, K.H., 1949, Mica Deposits Of Northwestern South Carolina, Unpublished Manuscript At Scgs, Field Obs Scgs}
Reporter	Maybin, Arthur H. III, Mittwede, Steven K. (Zupan, Alan-Jo, Nicholson, S.W.