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Mica Mine in Avery county, North Carolina

Branch mine

Principal periods worked Pre-WWII
Workings Cut 50, adit
Description of muscovite Stained, concentrated along hanging wall.
Production Moderate sheet
Shape Tabular
Size 15 T
Strike N
Dip W
Relation to wallrock Concordant
Wallrock Mica gneiss
Remarks F-Q-M pegmatite.
Source of information USGS

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Geologic map unit -82.042049716, 36.025457641
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Abbreviations

Principal periods worked
WWI World War I
WWII World War II
int intermittent
Production
Small < 500 lb
Moderate 500-10,000 lb
Large > 10,000 lb
Size of pegmatite
D depth
L length
T thickness
avg average
Internal structure
B biotite
F feldspar
M muscovite
P perthite
Pl plagioclase
Q quartz
Source information
CMC Colonial Mica Corporation
DMEA Defense Minerals Exploration Administration
OME Office of Minerals Exploration
USGS U.S. Geological Survey
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