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Brockton Mine

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026100
MRDS ID K002568
Record type Site
Current site name Brockton Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.06405, 35.13289 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.8 MILE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 64 ON THE WEST SIDE OF HOGBACK CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Ridge(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

Comments on the location information

  • LAT-LONG VALUES FROM USGS NATIONAL ATLAS ARE FOR A LOCATION IN THE GIVEN 1:24,000 QUADRANGLE AND POSITION NORTH OF INTERSTATE 64 IN JACKSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Corundum Primary
Asbestos Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Asbestos Ore
Corundum Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.06405, 35.13289
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 76.2M
    Width 30.48M

Comments on the geologic information

  • TEXTURE OF ROCK IS UNUSUALLY COARSE AND UNIFORM. COMPOSED PREDOMINANTLY OF LARGE RADIATING AND INTERLOCKING ENSTATITE CRYSTALS DEPOSIT CONTAINS MORE ANTHOPHYLLITE AND IS LACKING THE COARSE GRAINS OF OLIVINE PRESENT IN THE RATTLESNAKE DEPOSIT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1885

Mining district

District name Sapphire Valley Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Powhatan Mining Co.
    Home office Baltimore, Md.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL LARGE ISOLATED OUTCROPS ARE PRESENT A FEW HUNDRED FEET NORTH AND NORTHWEST AND MAY REPRESENT PART OF SAME BODY. SOME OF THE CORUNDUM WORKINGS ARE STILL PRESERVED AND CONSIST OF A VERTICAL SHAFT AT THE NORTH END OF THE BODY AND AN ADIT OF UNKNOWN LENGTH THAT APPEARS TO DRIFT UNDER THE DEPOSIT ALONG THE CONTACT ZONE FROM THE SOUTHWEST SIDE.

Comments on development

  • DEPOSIT WORKED BY SAPPHIRE CORUNDUM CO. AND ABOUT 72 TONS OF CRYSTAL AND SAND CORUNDUM MINED. POWHATAN MINING CO. PROSPECTED DEPOSIT IN 1962 AND MINED SMALL AMOUNT OF MASS-FIBER ORE OF THE ANTHOPHYLLITE-ENSTATITE VARIETY.

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

    1905 RECON PRATT AND LEWIS, 1905, REPT

  • Deposit

    1963 RECON CONRAD, 1963, REPORT

  • Production

    CONRAD, 1963

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit First Production Year: 1880'S (CORUNDUM) 1962 (ASBESTOS)

Reporter information

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

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