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Biddix Spar Mine

Past Producer in Mitchell county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Feldspar, Mica
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025166
MRDS ID K000841
Record type Site
Current site name Biddix Spar Mine
Related records 10249298

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.09484, 36.06537 (WGS84)
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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
Feldspar Primary
Mica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MUSCOVITE-BROWN

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Garnet Gangue
Muscovite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Weathered

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.09484, 36.06537
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Geologic structures

Type Description Terms
Regional Blue Ridge Thrust Sheet
Local Pegmatite Is Partly Concordant With Wallrock Structure

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip E
    Thickness 12.19M

Comments on the geologic information

  • KAOLINIZED PLAGIOCLASE-PERTHITE-QUARTZ PEGMATITE

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years PRE 1942

Mining district

District name Spruce Pine District/Glen Ayre Area

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF FELDSPAR WAS PRODUCED. NO DATA ON MICA PRODUCTION IS AVAILABLE.

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 CUTS WITH SHORT ADITS

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS K000841

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LESURE, F.G., 1968, MICA DEPOSITS OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN NORTH CAROLINA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 577, P. 44-4

  • Deposit

    1968 COMPILE LESURE, F. G

  • Production

    LESURE, F. G. 1968, USGS PROF PAPER 577

Reporter information

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