Commodities
PrimaryMica
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formLENSES
Materials
Ore mineralsMuscovite
GangueAllanite, Epidote, Garnet, Sericite, Vermiculite
Geology
Host rockGneiss
Associated rockGranite
StructurePegmatite Is Concordant With The Foliation Of The Enclosing Country Rock
AlterationUnweathered
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1914-1917, 1937-1940, 1942, 1944
First production1914
Identification
Deposit ID10025946
MRDS IDK001931
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.86009, -82.17791
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