Workings | Cut 80, 2 adits |
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Description of muscovite | Brown, minor "A" structure, commonly cracked, tied, stained, bent. |
Production | Small sheet |
Shape | Lens |
Size | 3 T |
Strike | NW |
Dip | SW |
Wallrock | Interlayered hornblende and biotite gneiss |
Extent of weathering | Partly weathered. |
Remarks | Pl-Q-M pegmatite, medium to coarse grained; accessory sericite, tourmaline. |
Source of information | USGS |
WWI | World War I |
WWII | World War II |
int | intermittent |
Small | < 500 lb |
Moderate | 500-10,000 lb |
Large | > 10,000 lb |
D | depth |
L | length |
T | thickness |
avg | average |
B | biotite |
F | feldspar |
M | muscovite |
P | perthite |
Pl | plagioclase |
Q | quartz |
CMC | Colonial Mica Corporation |
DMEA | Defense Minerals Exploration Administration |
OME | Office of Minerals Exploration |
USGS | U.S. Geological Survey |
OF | USGS open-file reports and maps |