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Gahagan Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Copper
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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. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026127
MRDS ID K002604
Record type Site
Current site name Gahagan Mine
Related records 10272910

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.74403, 35.90231 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.5 MILE NNE OF WALNUT GAP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

White Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Asheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper French Broad(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pisgah 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Madison

Comments on the location information

  • ANOTHER GAHAGAN MINE IS LOCATED AT COORDINATES 890,750E 803,700N.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Max Patch Granite
    Rock description Max Patch Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.74403, 35.90231
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Vein Is A Short Distance East Of The Rector Branch Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, PINCH AND SWELL
    Dip STEEPLY E
    Thickness 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • TWO VARIETIES OF BARITE OCCUR: SUGARY WHITE CRYSTALLINE BARITE AND PINK LAMINATED BARITE CONTAINING FINELY DISSEMINATED FLUORITE. A THIN ZONE OF CLAYEY FAULT GOUGE OF VARYING THICKNESS OCCURS BETWEEN THE VEIN AND HANGING WALL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1818
Year of first production 1900

Mining district

District name Hot Springs Barite District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner B. W. Gahagan

Comments on the production information

  • THE CRUDE ORE WAS SHIPPED TO A BARITE MILL AT HOT SPRINGS, N.C.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE BARITE OCCURS IN LENSES AND FISSURES WHICH EXTEND INTO THE WALL ROCK. THE LENSES ARE CONNECTED BY STRINGERS.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: VEIN THINS WITH DEPTH, WITH INCREASING FLUORITE AND PYRITE CONTENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ORIEL, S.S., 1950, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE HOT SPRINGS WINDOW, MADISON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 60, P. 70

  • Deposit

    HUNTER, C., AND MATTOCKS, P.W., 1936, REPORT ON BARITE IN THE VICINITY OF STACKHOUSE, MADISON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY OPEN-FILE REPORT, 3 P.

  • Deposit

    1950 OTHER ORIEL, S.S., N.C. DIV. MIN. RES., BULL

  • Production

    ORIEL, S.S., 1950, N.C. DIV. MIN. RES. BULL. 60.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1974 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1992 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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