Principal periods worked | 1920, WWII |
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Workings | Opencuts, inclines, drifts for 300 along strike. |
Description of muscovite | Green, "A" structure, cracked, bent, concentrated near core; Brown, bent, cracked, stained, concentrated along hanging wall, footwall, and in footwall rolls. |
Shape | Pinch and swell. |
Size | 0.5-8 T >300 L |
Strike | NW |
Dip | NE |
Relation to wallrock | Partly concordant |
Wallrock | Mica gneiss |
Extent of weathering | Unweathered |
Remarks | Pl-Q-M wall zone, fine to coarse grained; Q core. Platy structure and deformed mica common. Some kyanite in wallrock. |
Source of information | USGS, CMC |
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 |