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Hawk Mica Mine

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

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025198
MRDS ID K000878
Record type Site
Current site name Hawk Mica Mine
Related records 10248625

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.07928, 36.02898 (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
Mica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MUSCOVITE-LIGHT REDDISH BROWN, RULED, MINOR BENDING

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Spessartite Gangue
Thulite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Biotite Alteration; Saprolite (100 Ft.)

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.07928, 36.02898
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Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Pegmatite Concordant With Wallrock Structure

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike NE
    Dip SE
    Thickness 3.66M
    Plunge S

Comments on the geologic information

  • PLAGIOCLASE, QUARTZ, PERTHITE, MUSCOVITE PEGMATITE, MEDIUM TO COARSE GRAINED. THICKER LENSES HAVE PLAGIOCLASE, QUARTZ, MUSCOVITE WALL ZONE AND PERTHITE CORE

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years 1870-1895, 1920, 1929-1930, 1939-1944, 1953-1959

Mining district

District name Spruce Pine District/Hawk-Bakersville Area

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION SHEET MICA GREATER THAN 10000 LB

Comments on the workings information

  • CUT 500 FT. LONG, 125 FT. DEEP, ADIT 600 FT. STOPES, INCLINES, DRIFTS ABOVE AND TO 200 FT. BELOW ADIT LEVEL.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS K000878

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1968 COMPILE LESURE, F.G

  • Production

    U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 577

Reporter information

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