Barney Winters Mica Prospect

Occurrence in Avery county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Mica
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025181
MRDS ID K000856
Record type Site
Current site name Barney Winters Mica Prospect
Related records 10247924

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.01734, 36.00287 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Avery(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carvers Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(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-GREEN, BENT, CRACKED STAINED

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) -82.01734, 36.00287

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Pegmatite Is Concordant With Wallrock Structure

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PLAGIOCLASE, PERTHITE, QUARTZ, MUSCOVITE PEGMATITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Spruce Pine District/Plumtree Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 42.67M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1973 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.