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Unnamed Mica Occurrence

Occurrence in Polk county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Mica, Feldspar
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026309
MRDS ID K003567
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Mica Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.26318, 35.38621 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.4 MILE SOUTH OF OTTANOLA GAP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Polk(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bat Cave(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hendersonville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Broad(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Polk

Comments on the location information

  • OCCURRENCE IS ON POLK - HENDERSON COUNTY LINE. MAY BE IN HENDERSON COUNTY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Tertiary
Feldspar Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Mica Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatite;Garnetiferous Muscovite Schist
    Rock description Pegmatite;Garnetiferous Muscovite Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.26318, 35.38621
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Low-Angle Thrust Sheet Covers Most Of Se Quadrant Of Map.

Comments on the geologic information

  • MUSCOVITE BOOKS LARGER THAN 4 INCHES ACROSS AND COARSE FELDSPAR HAVE BEEN FOUND IN SURFACE FLOAT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on development

  • OCCURRENCE SHOWS NO EVIDENCE OF HAVING BEEN WORKED. SIZE AND SHAPE OF PEGMATITE ARE UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, R.E., 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE BAT CAVE QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA: N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES MRS 202 - NE

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, R.E., AND DUNN, D.E., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BAT CAVE QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA: N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES GM 202 - NE, SCALE 1:24000

  • Deposit

    1973 GEOLMAP LEMMON, R.E., AND DUNN, D.E., N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES, MAP

  • Deposit

    1973 GEOLMAP LEMMON, R.E., N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES, REPORT

  • Production

    LEMMON, 1973, N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Floyd, Robert J. U.S. Geological Survey

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