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Tom Cantrell Mine

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

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026318
MRDS ID K003577
Record type Site
Current site name Tom Cantrell Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.04345, 36.06287 (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
Mica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MUSCOVITE - RUBY, HARD, CRACKED, SMALL

Alteration

  • (Local) Weathered

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.04345, 36.06287
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Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form PODS AND LENSES
    Strike NE
    Dip NW SE
    Thickness 0.15M
    Length 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • KAOLINIZED PLAGIOCLASE, QUARTZ, MUSCOVITE PEGMATITE, MEDIUM GRAINED

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1956

Mining district

District name Spruce Pine District/Plumtree Area

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT 180 FT LONG; SHAFT 14 FEET DEEP; INCLUDED SHAFT 18 FEET LONG; DRIFT.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS K003577

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 NORTH OF POWDERMILL CREEK
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