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Bad Creek Prospect

Past Producer in Jackson county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Corundum, Asbestos
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026097
MRDS ID K002564
Record type Site
Current site name Bad Creek Prospect
Related records 10272942

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.0182, 35.09928 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.3 MILE SOUTHWEST OF THE SOCRATES MINE NORTHWEST OF WINDY GAP.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cashiers(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fontana Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Seneca(hydrologic unit)

Savannah(hydrologic accounting unit)

Ogeechee-Savannah(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Nantahala National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Croatan National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

National Forests in North Carolina(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Jackson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Corundum Primary
Asbestos Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Asbestos Ore
Corundum Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.0182, 35.09928
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LEN
    Length 60.96M
    Width 15.24M

Comments on the geologic information

  • CONTACT ZONE IS WELL EXPOSED AND IS COMPOSED OF SCHISTOSE CHLORITE AND VERMICULITE. HORNBLENDE GNEISS AND SCHIST IS IN CONTACT WITH THE CHLORITE-VERMICULITE ZONE. THE SOUTHEAST END OF THE DEPOSIT IS HIGHLY ALTERED, VERY COARSE GRAINED AND CONTAINS A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF FIBROUS ANTHOPHYLLITE. THE NORTHWEST END IS LESS ALTERED, FINER GRAINED AND CONTAINS CONSPICUOUS AMOUNTS OF OLIVINE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1895

Mining district

District name Sapphire Valley Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • EXTENSIVE CORUNDUM WORKINGS DEVELOPED PARALLEL TO CONTACT ZONE ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE BODY. THEY CONSIST OF AN OPEN CUT TRENCH OVER 100 FEET LONG, 15 TO 20 FEET WIDE AND UP TO 30 FEET DEEP.

Comments on development

  • DEPOSIT WORKED EXTENSIVELY FOR CORUNDUM BUT NOT FOR ASBESTOS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1963 RECON CONRAD, S. G., REPOR

  • Production

    CONRAD, S.G., 1963

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit First Production Year: 1890'S (CORUNDUM)

Reporter information

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

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