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Puncheon Camp Mine

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

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026313
MRDS ID K003571
Record type Site
Current site name Puncheon Camp Mine
Related records 10248206

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.02067, 36.07453 (WGS84)
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Avery

Comments on the location information

  • SEE PLATE 3, USGS PROF. PAPER 577 FOR LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Mica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MUSCOVITE - SMALL, MOSTLY SCRAP

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Vermiculite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.02067, 36.07453
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Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Pegmatite Is Disconcordant With The Foliation Of The Enclosing Country Rock

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Dip FLAT
    Thickness 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PERTHITE, PLAGIOCLASE, QUARTZ, MUSCOVITE PEGMATITE. PEGMATITE CUT BY BASALT DIKES AND EPIDOTE VEINLETS.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Spruce Pine District/Plumtree Area

Comments on the workings information

  • CUT 200 FT LONG

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS K003571

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LESURE, F.G., 1968, MICA DEPOSITS OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN NORTH CAROLINA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 577, 124 P

  • Deposit

    1968 COMPILE LESURE, F.G. ; REPOR

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DATA ABSTRACTED FROM USGS PROF. PAPER 577.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1975 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey