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Honey Waits Weisman Mine

Past Producer in Avery county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Mica
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025178
MRDS ID K000853
Record type Site
Current site name Honey Waits Weisman Mine
Related records 10200084

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.98345, 35.99787 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Avery(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Linville Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hickory(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nolichucky(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Avery

Comments on the location information

  • SEE PLATE 3, PROF. PAPER 577 FOR LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MUSCOVITE-BROWN, "A" STRUCTURE, BIOTITE INTERGROWTHS, STAINED, BENT, CLAY STAINED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Saprolite (+30 Ft)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.98345, 35.99787
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • KAOLINIZED PERTHITE, PLAGIOCLASE, QUARTZ, MUSCOVITE, BIOTITE PEGMATITE. SCHIST INCLUSIONS COMMON. EXPOSURES POOR.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years 1922, 1929-1931, 1939-1940, 1950'S

Mining district

District name Spruce Pine District/Plumtree Area

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION 500-10000 LB

Comments on the workings information

  • CUTS, ADITS, SHAFTS, AREA OF SEVERAL ACRES. WORKINGS SHALLOW

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1973 Fagan, James M. Tennessee Valley Authority

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