Geologic information
Identification information
Deposit ID |
10026324 |
MRDS ID |
K003585 |
Record type |
Site |
Current site name |
Lincoln Rock Mine |
Related records |
10126864 |
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 - REDDISH, BROWN, CLEAR BIOTITE INTERGROWTHS
Materials information
Materials |
Type of material |
Apatite |
Gangue |
Garnet |
Gangue |
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 |
Ore body information
General form |
LENSES |
Strike |
NE |
Dip |
SE |
Thickness |
3.66M
|
Plunge |
S
|
Length |
33.53M
|
Comments on the geologic information
- PLAGIOCLASE, QUARTZ, MUSCOVITE, BIOTITE PEGMATITE, MEDIUM TO COARSE GRAINED