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Lighted Rock Mine

Past Producer in Yancey 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102299
MRDS ID K001912
Record type Site
Current site name Lighted Rock Mine
Related records 10208213

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.16652, 35.88176 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yancey(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 Yancey

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION FROM PLATE 3, USGS PROF. PAPER 577. SCALE 1:62,500

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MUSCOVITE-GREEN, "A" STRUCTURE, STAINED, CRACKED, BENT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore
Biotite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Weathered (20 Feet)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.16652, 35.88176
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip SE
    Thickness 12.19M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PLAGIOCLASE, QUARTZ, MUSCOVITE PEGMATITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1905
Production years 1905, 1925, 1942-1943

Mining district

District name Spruce Pine District/Celo Area

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION 500 TO 10000 LB.

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 CUTS 30 TO 80 FEET LONG, 5 TO 20 FEET DEEP, SHAFT 30 FEET DEEP.

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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

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