Geologic information
Identification information
| Deposit ID |
10025197 |
| MRDS ID |
K000877 |
| Record type |
Site |
| Current site name |
W.C. Burleson Mica Mine |
| Alternate or previous names |
Joe Stevenson Mine |
| Related records |
10297264 |
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 |
| Mica |
Primary |
Comments on the commodity information
- MUSCOVITE-REDDISH BROWN (HANGING WALL), BROWNISH GREEN (FOOT WALL), MINOR STAIN, MINERAL INCLUSIONS, RULING, BENDING, CRACKING
Materials information
| Materials |
Type of material |
| Muscovite |
Ore |
| Apatite |
Gangue |
| Garnet |
Gangue |
| Hyalite |
Gangue |
| Pyrite |
Gangue |
| Sericite |
Gangue |
Alteration
-
(Local)
Biotite Alteration
Host and associated rocks
| Host or associated |
Host |
| Rock type |
Metamorphic Rock
> Gneiss |
| Stratigraphic age (youngest) |
Neoproterozoic |
|
Geologic structures
| Type of structure |
Local |
| Structure description |
Pegmatite Is Partly Concordant With Wallrock |
Ore body information
| General form |
CONTORTED TABULAR |
| Strike |
NE |
| Dip |
SE |
| Thickness |
4.57M
|
| Plunge |
SW
|
| Length |
50.29M
|
| General form |
CONTORTED TABULAR |
| Dip |
SE |
| Plunge |
NE
|
Comments on the geologic information
- PLAGIOCLASE-QUARTZ BORDER ZONE, FINE GRAINED, DISCONTINUOUS; ACCESSORY MUSCOVITE, GARNET; PLAGIOCLASE-QUARTZ-MUSCOVITE WALL ZONE, COARSE GRAINED, DISCONTINUOUS; PLAGIOCLASE, PERTHITE, QUARTZ, MUSCOVITE INTERMEDIATE ZONE, COARSE GRAINED. PERTHITE-QUARTZ INNER INTERMEDIATE ZONE, GRAPHIC TEXTURE; QUARTZ CORE.
