Geologic information
Identification information
Deposit ID |
10026315 |
MRDS ID |
K003573 |
Record type |
Site |
Current site name |
Peru Mica Mine |
Related records |
10272907 |
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 |
Mica |
Primary |
Comments on the commodity information
- MUSCOVITE - DARK BROWN, STAINED
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 Concordant With The Foliation Of The Enclosing Country Rock |
Comments on the geologic information
- THIS DEPOSIT IS A FELDSPAR, QUARTZ, MUSCOVITE PEGMATITE. ANOTHER PEGMATITE 300 FT. TO THE SOUTHWEST IS CUT BY A BASALT DIKE.