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Spruce Pine Mining District

Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina
Historical Marker Database · Paul Crumlish
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Mica, feldspar, and quartz deposits were found in a region 25 miles long and 10 miles wide, and commercial production of mica emerged in the 1850s.
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North Carolina · United States

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