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Stocksville Mica Mine

Past Producer in Buncombe 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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026462
MRDS ID K005103
Record type Site
Current site name Stocksville Mica Mine
Alternate or previous names J. M. Buckner

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.53764, 35.76954 (WGS84)
Relative position 3750 FEET NW OF PACK SADDLE GAP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Buncombe(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mars Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Asheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper French Broad(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Buncombe

Comments on the location information

  • PLACED IN BUNCOMBE DISTRICT BY LESURE (1968) INDICATED BY MINE OR QUARRY SYMBOL ON TOPOGRAPHIC MAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Secondary
Feldspar Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Rock unit name Bakersville Hypersthene Metagabbro;Pegmatite
    Rock description Bakersville Hypersthene Metagabbro;Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.53764, 35.76954
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD/LENS
    Strike NE
    Dip SE
    Thickness 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pegmatite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Buncombe District

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IN 1920, 1943

Comments on the workings information

  • THE CUT HAS BEEN ENTIRELY FILLED IN. ONLY MICA FLAKES ON THE SURFACE INDICATE ITS EXISTANCE.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: BIOTITE INTERGROWTHS, BENT AND STAINED MICA WERE DETRIMENTAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Merschat, Carl E. U.S. Geological Survey

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