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Manus Asbestos Mine

Past Producer in Jackson 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026105
MRDS ID K002574
Record type Site
Current site name Manus Asbestos Mine
Related records 10248832

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.15432, 35.13344 (WGS84)
Relative position ONE MILE NORTHWEST OF NORTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Glenville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fontana Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tuckasegee(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(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

  • LOCATION IS ABOUT 1000 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE BRYSON MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Asbestos Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.15432, 35.13344
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 30.48M
    Width 16.76M

Comments on the geologic information

  • CONTACT ZONE IS EXPOSED IN THE FACE OF THE CUT. IT VARIES FROM LESS THAN ONE FOOT TO OVER 3 FEET IN WIDTH AND IS COMPOSED OF THIN LAYERS OF DARK-BROWN VERMICULITE, A ZONE OF MASS-FIBER ASBESTOS MIXED WITH VARING AMOUNTS OF TALC AND A THIN ZONE OF SCHISTOSE TALC. THE VERMICULITE ZONE IS IN SHARP CONTACT WITH QUARTZ-BIOTITE GNEISS AND THE TALC ZONE IS IN SHARP CONTACT WITH THE PERIDOTITE. A QUARTZ VEIN 20 FEET LONG IS PRESENT IN THE CONTACT ZONE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BODY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Glenville-Norton Area

Comments on development

  • MINE IS SIMILIAR TO BRYSON MINE AND IS LOCATED 1000 FT. SOUTHWEST

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, N.C. DIV. MIN. RES. BULL. 77

Reporter information

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

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