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Little Hawk Ridge 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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026328
MRDS ID K003592
Record type Site
Current site name Little Hawk Ridge Mine
Alternate or previous names John

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.0704, 36.05315 (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, USGS PROF. PAPER 577 FOR LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MUSCOVITE - REDDISH BROWN, HARD, MINOR RULING, BENDING. SOME "A" STRUCTURE, TIED, MINERAL INCLUSIONS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Weathered (25 - 50 Ft)

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.0704, 36.05315
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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 PINCH AND SWELL, ELONGATE LENS
    Strike NE
    Dip SE
    Plunge E
    Thickness 3.66M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PLAGIOCLASE - QUARTZ - MUSCOVITE WALL ZONE, MEDIUM GRAINED; PLAGIOCLASE - QUARTZ - PERTHITE INTERMEDIATE ZONE, MEDIUM TO COARSE GRAINED; QUARTZ - PERTHITE CORE, IN SOUTHWESTERN PART; NORTHEASTERN PART UNZONED PLAGIOCLASE - PERTHITE - QUARTZ - MUSCOVITE PEGMATITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1920

Mining district

District name Spruce Pine District/Plumtree Area

Comments on the workings information

  • CUT 220 FT LONG, 50 FT DEEP, SHAFT 50 FT DEEP, 6 ADITS, LARGE STOPES 400 FT LONG, 10 - 100 FT 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-1975 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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