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Gibbs Mine

Past Producer in Yancey county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Mica
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025928
MRDS ID K001908
Record type Site
Current site name Gibbs Mine
Related records 10175978

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.18624, 35.8812 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yancey(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Micaville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Asheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nolichucky(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Yancey

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION FROM PLATE 3, USGS PROF. PAPER 577. SCALE 1:62,500

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MUSCOVITE-GREENISH BROWN, MODERATELY STAINED, CRACKED, RULED, LOCKY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore
Apatite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.18624, 35.8812
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Pegmatite Is Partly Concordant With The Foliation Of The Enclosing Country Rock

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip NW
    Plunge SW
    Thickness 4.57M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PLAGIOCLASE, QUARTZ, MUSCOVITE PEGMATITE, COARSE GRAINED; CONTAINS NUMEROUS GNEISS PENDANTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1906
Production years PRE 1906, 1922 INT. TO 1939, 1943-1944

Mining district

District name Spruce Pine District/Celo Area

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION GREATER THAN 10000 LB.

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 INCLINES: BIG GIBBS INCLINE 500 FEET LONG, LITTLE GIBBS INCLINE 425 FEET LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DATA ABSTRACTED FROM USGS PROF. PAPER 577.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

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