Geologic information
Identification information
| Deposit ID |
10025178 |
| MRDS ID |
K000853 |
| Record type |
Site |
| Current site name |
Honey Waits Weisman Mine |
| Related records |
10200084 |
Geographic areas
| Country |
State |
County |
| United States |
North Carolina |
Avery |
Comments on the location information
- SEE PLATE 3, PROF. PAPER 577 FOR LOCATION
Commodities
| Commodity |
Importance |
| Mica |
Primary |
Comments on the commodity information
- MUSCOVITE-BROWN, "A" STRUCTURE, BIOTITE INTERGROWTHS, STAINED, BENT, CLAY STAINED
Materials information
| Materials |
Type of material |
| Muscovite |
Ore |
Alteration
-
(Local)
Saprolite (+30 Ft)
Host and associated rocks
| Host or associated |
Host |
| Rock type |
Metamorphic Rock
> Schist
> Mica Schist |
| Stratigraphic age (youngest) |
Neoproterozoic |
|
Comments on the geologic information
- KAOLINIZED PERTHITE, PLAGIOCLASE, QUARTZ, MUSCOVITE, BIOTITE PEGMATITE. SCHIST INCLUSIONS COMMON. EXPOSURES POOR.
