Mine detail: Drum Mine

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Location: Catawba County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.77479, -81.24122
dep_id: 10175045
mas_id: 370350021
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Mica
Trace mineral: Beryllium
Operation type: Surface-Underground
Development status: Past Producer
Reporter: Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC)
References:
  • Deposit:: GRIFFITTS, WALLACE R. & OLSON, JERRY C., 1953, USGS PROF PAP
  • Deposit:: 248-D, P. 230.
  • Deposit:: PEGMATITE MINERALS-KAOLINIZED PLAGIOCLASE & QUARTZ.
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