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Crabtree No. 1 Mine

Past Producer in Mitchell county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Feldspar, 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 10026001
MRDS ID K002002
Record type Site
Current site name Crabtree No. 1 Mine
Alternate or previous names Wildcat Mine
Related records 10272587

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.14985, 35.85537 (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, HAIRCRACKS, MINOR RULED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Muscovite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Quartz Diorite to Granodiorite
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N
    Dip W
    Plunge S
    Thickness 9.14M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PERTHITE, PLAGIOCLASE, QUARTZ, MUSCOVITE WALL ZONE, COARSE GRAINED; QUARTZ CORE, DISCONTINUOUS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1921
Production years 1921 INT. TO 1944

Mining district

District name Spruce Pine District/Crabtree Creek Area

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION 500 TO 10000 LB SHEET MICA

Comments on the workings information

  • CUT 100 FEET LONG, 80 FEET DEEP, OPEN STOPE 90 FEET.

Reference information

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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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