George Young Mine

Past Producer in Mitchell county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Feldspar, Mica
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025998
MRDS ID K001998
Record type Site
Current site name George Young Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.14485, 35.86037 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yancey(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Celo(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 Mitchell

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Mica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MUSCOVITE-GREEN, "A" STRUCTURE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Muscovite Ore
Thulite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.14485, 35.86037

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 9.14M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PERTHITE, QUARTZ, PLAGIOCLASE, MUSCOVITE PEGMATITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1938
Production years 1938-1940

Mining district

District name Spruce Pine District/Crabtree Creek Area

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION 500 TO 10000 LB.

Comments on the workings information

  • CUT 150 FEET LONG, 30 FEET DEEP.

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.