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T. H. Saxon Mine, Choestoe, Union County, Georgia, USAi
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T. H. Saxon MineMine
ChoestoeVillage
Union CountyCounty
GeorgiaState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
34° 46' 0'' North , 83° 51' 16'' West
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Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Helen532 (2017)13.4km
Blairsville554 (2017)15.4km
Yonah507 (2011)16.7km
Young Harris1,325 (2017)18.5km
Cleveland3,773 (2017)20.6km
Mindat Locality ID:
72607
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:72607:7
GUID (UUID V4):
9619a580-90b6-4d8f-bc5f-0eb122f1fb2d


Mica was first mined on the T. H. Saxon property some 70 years ago by Noah Elliott. This mine lies ll miles by road due south of Blairsville on Noah Branch, one mile north of Tesnatee Gap Road, about two miles northeast of Ponder's post office and due south of Frozen Top Mountain. The mine is now in the Chattahoochee National Forest area.

This mine, now largely fallen in, shows an open cut on the side of the mountain about 100 feet above the old house site. The cut, which strikes N. 50Β° E. (undoubtedly the strike of the pegmatite), is about 30 feet long, 10 feet wide, and now 6 feet deep. The pegmatite is not exposed. The biotite gneiss wall rock strikes N. 60Β° W., dipping 50Β° NE. The pegmatite material, showing in the dumps and as float on the hillside consists of large milky quartz, a mixture of quartz and microcline, and mica associated with the quartz. The mica is hard, clear, and light rum-colored; ruling is common and many books are wavy.

Smith, who visited the property in 1932, states: "Old inhabitants of this section, noted for their truthfulness, state that mica taken from here was 12 to 18 inches across, and that the girls cut it into fans that were used in this part of the country."

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Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
β“˜Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
β“˜var. Milky Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 9 - Silicates
β“˜Muscovite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
β“˜Microcline9.FA.30K(AlSi3O8)

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HHydrogen
Hβ“˜ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
OOxygen
Oβ“˜ MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
Oβ“˜ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Oβ“˜ QuartzSiO2
Oβ“˜ Quartz var. Milky QuartzSiO2
AlAluminium
Alβ“˜ MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
Alβ“˜ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
SiSilicon
Siβ“˜ MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
Siβ“˜ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Siβ“˜ QuartzSiO2
Siβ“˜ Quartz var. Milky QuartzSiO2
KPotassium
Kβ“˜ MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
Kβ“˜ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

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