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Gopher Mine

Past Producer in Mitchell 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025990
MRDS ID K001988
Record type Site
Current site name Gopher Mine
Related records 10296966

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.13846, 35.88231 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mitchell(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Mitchell

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION FROM PLATE 3, USGS PROF. PAPER 577. SCALE 1:62,500

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MUSCOVITE-RUBY, SMALL

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.13846, 35.88231
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Pegmatite Is Partly Concordant With The Foliation Of The Enclosing Country Rock

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip NW
    Plunge NW
    Thickness 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • FELDSPAR, QUARTZ, MUSCOVITE PEGMATITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1884
Production years 1884, 1918, 1939, 1943-1944

Mining district

District name Spruce Pine District/Crabtree Creek Area

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION LESS THAN 500 LB IN 1943-1944. PRODUCED SHEET MICA.

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL CUTS AND SHAFTS FOR 500 FEET, INCLINE 160 FEET

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General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DATA ABSTRACTED FROM USGS PROF. PAPER 577.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

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