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Hootowl Mine

Past Producer in Mitchell county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Feldspar, 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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025989
MRDS ID K001986
Record type Site
Current site name Hootowl Mine
Related records 10224163

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.14013, 35.88342 (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
Feldspar Primary
Mica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MUSCOVITE-GREEN, "A" STRUCTURE, STAINED, RULED, CONCENTRATED NEAR GNEISS INTRUSIONS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Muscovite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Biotite Alteration

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.14013, 35.88342
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • PERTHITE, PLAGIOCLASE, QUARTZ, MUSCOVITE PEGMATITE, MEDIUM TO COARSE GRAINED; GRAPHIC TEXTURE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1937
Production years 1937-1939, 1942

Mining district

District name Spruce Pine District/Crabtree Creek Area

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION GREATER THAN 10000 LB.

Comments on the workings information

  • CUTS AND STOPES 500 FEET LONG 250 FEET WIDE, 150 FEET DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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

Beyond USGS

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

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