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Blue Rock Asbestos Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026094
MRDS ID K002560
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Rock Asbestos Mine
Related records 10297886

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.18707, 35.89231 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Relative position ON WEST SIDE OF SOUTH TOE RIVER ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MICAVILLE

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Amphibolization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.18707, 35.89231
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form ELIPTICAL/POD
    Length 30.48M
    Width 12.19M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1941
Production years 1941 INTERMITTENT UNTIL 1963

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Blue Rock Mining Corp. Of Illinois

Comments on the workings information

  • PRESENT MINE (1963) IS OPEN QUARRY THAT IS HORSESHOE SHAPED WITH SOUTH END OPEN. WALLS ARE 20 TO 30 FEET HIGH. WASTE IS DISPOSED OF AT SOUTH END OF QUARRY.

Comments on development

  • HAS BEEN OPERATED BY SEVERAL DIFFERENT MINING COMPANIES SINCE 1941

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONRAD, S.G., AND OTHERS, 1963, ANTHOPHYLLITE ASBESTOS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 77, 61P

  • Production

    CONRAD, S.G. AND OTHERS, 1963, N.C. DIV. MIN. RES. BULL. 77

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CHLORITE ZONE COMPLETELY ENVELOPES THE BODY. THE OUTSIDE OF THIS ZONE IS IN SHARP CONTACT WITH A REDISH BROWN SAPROLITE. INSIDE OF THE ZONE IS IN SHARP CONTACT WITH A ZONE OF COARSE-GRAINED NON FIBROUS ANTHOPHYLLITE.
Deposit First Production Year: 1941 (INTERMITTENT)

Reporter information

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

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