Geologic information
Identification information
| Deposit ID |
10026329 |
| MRDS ID |
K003593 |
| Record type |
Site |
| Current site name |
Dellinger Mine |
Geographic areas
| Country |
State |
County |
| United States |
North Carolina |
Mitchell |
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 - LIGHT BROWN, "A" STRUCTURE, RULED
Materials information
| Materials |
Type of material |
| Sericite |
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 |
TABULAR |
| Thickness |
1.22M
|
| Length |
22.86M
|
Comments on the geologic information
- PLAGIOCLASE - QUARTZ - MUSCOVITE PEGMATITE, FINE TO MEDIUM GRAINED
