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W.C. Burleson Mica 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025197
MRDS ID K000877
Record type Site
Current site name W.C. Burleson Mica Mine
Alternate or previous names Joe Stevenson Mine
Related records 10297264

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.0754, 36.00426 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mitchell(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)

Federal lands

Pisgah National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Croatan National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

National Forests in North Carolina(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Mitchell

Comments on the location information

  • SEE PLATE 3, PROF. PAPER 577 FOR LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MUSCOVITE-REDDISH BROWN (HANGING WALL), BROWNISH GREEN (FOOT WALL), MINOR STAIN, MINERAL INCLUSIONS, RULING, BENDING, CRACKING

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore
Apatite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Hyalite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Biotite Alteration

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.0754, 36.00426
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form CONTORTED TABULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip SE
    Plunge SW
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 50.29M
  • General form CONTORTED TABULAR
    Dip SE
    Plunge NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • PLAGIOCLASE-QUARTZ BORDER ZONE, FINE GRAINED, DISCONTINUOUS; ACCESSORY MUSCOVITE, GARNET; PLAGIOCLASE-QUARTZ-MUSCOVITE WALL ZONE, COARSE GRAINED, DISCONTINUOUS; PLAGIOCLASE, PERTHITE, QUARTZ, MUSCOVITE INTERMEDIATE ZONE, COARSE GRAINED. PERTHITE-QUARTZ INNER INTERMEDIATE ZONE, GRAPHIC TEXTURE; QUARTZ CORE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years 1900, 1930-1932, 1939-1945, 1952, 1956

Mining district

District name Spruce Pine District/Hawk-Bakersville Area

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION GREATER THAN 10000 LB

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 CUTS, INCLINE & STOPE 150 FT.; SHAFT 65 FT. WITH INCLINE 25 FT., AND DRIFTS 85 FT., INCLINED SHAFT 49 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

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