Commodities
PrimaryMica
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formELONGATE LENS
Materials
Ore mineralsMuscovite
GangueAllanite, Apatite, Garnet, Sericite
Geology
Host rockGneiss
StructurePegmatite Is Partly Concordant With The Foliation Of The Enclosing Country Rock
AlterationWeathered
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1885, INT. TO 1928, 1944
First production1885
Identification
Deposit ID10025924
MRDS IDK001903
Alternate namesOld Flukens Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates35.88759, -82.18457
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