| Deposit ID | 10025981 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K001976 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cox Knob Mine |
| Related records | 10175800 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -82.16929, 35.89759 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Yancey(county)
North Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Micaville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Asheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Nolichucky(hydrologic unit)
French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)
Tennessee(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Yancey |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mica | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Muscovite | Ore |
| Biotite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist | ||
| |||
| (1) | -82.16929, 35.89759 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR () |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1942 |
| Production years | 1942 |
| District name | Spruce Pine District/Crabtree Creek Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K001976 |
1968 COMPILE LESURE, F.G., REPOR
LESURE, F.G., 1968, USGS PROF. PAPER 577
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DATA ABSTRACTED FROM USGS PROF. PAPER 577. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1974 | Fagan, James M. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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