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Powdermill Creek Mine

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

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102360
MRDS ID K003583
Record type Site
Current site name Powdermill Creek Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.04317, 36.05953 (WGS84)
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Avery

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Partly Weathered

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.04317, 36.05953
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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 LENS
    Strike NW
    Dip SW
    Thickness 0.91M

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

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS K003583

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.

Reporter information

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