Commodities
PrimaryMica
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formPINCH AND SWELL
Materials
Ore mineralsMuscovite
GangueApatite, Calcite, Clarkeite, Epidote, Garnet, Monazite, Sericite, Thulite, Torbernite, Uraninite, Uranophane
Geology
Host rockGneiss
StructurePegmatite Is Partly Concordant With The Foliation Of The Enclosing Country Rock
AlterationUnweathered
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1903, 1912, 1925-1932, 1938, 1943
First production1903
Identification
Deposit ID10025923
MRDS IDK001902
Alternate namesSpruce Pine Mica Co. No. 10 Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.88759, -82.17957
References
LESURE, F.G., 1968, MICA DEPOSITS OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN NORTH CAROLINA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 577, P.121968 COMPILE LESURE, F.G., REPORLESURE, F.G., 1968, USGS PROF. PAPER 577