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Cane Creek-Brush Creek Occurrence

Occurrence in Buncombe county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Marble, Dimension
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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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026292
MRDS ID K003544
Record type Site
Current site name Cane Creek-Brush Creek Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.42207, 35.49899 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.35 MILES NE OF OAK GROVE CHURCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Buncombe(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fruitland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hendersonville(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Buncombe

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PARTIAL CHEMICAL ANALYSIS INDICATES LOW-MAGNESIUM MARBLE. MARBLE IS MEDIUM-GRAINED, SLIGHTLY MICACEOUS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore

Analytical data

Result 40.9% CAO
Result 0.57% MGO
Result 1.19% FE2O3
Result 440PPM MN
Result 0PPM CU
Result 820PPM SR
Result 8PPM ZN. (OUTCROP SAMPLE)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Cataclastic Schist, Phyllonite, And Mylonite, Age Uncertain
    Rock description Cataclastic Schist, Phyllonite, And Mylonite, Age Uncertain
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Tectonite > Mylonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.42207, 35.49899
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast - Trending Brevard Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Comments on the geologic information

  • OCCURRENCE IS WITHIN BREVARD FAULT ZONE, APPROXIMATELY EQUIDISTANT FROM ITS EAST AND WEST BOUNDARIES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • SIMILAR OUTCROPS ARE FOUND IN CANE CREEK WITHIN 100 YDS UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THIS LOCALITY. THE SIZE AND SHAPE OF CANE CREEK VALLEY AND MARBLE OUTCROPS WITHIN IT INDICATE THAT THIS LENS MAY EXTEND FROM THIS OCCURRENCE AT LEAST 0.6 MILE SOUTHWESTWARD, AND ALSO 1.1 MILES NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE OTEEN QUADRANGLE

Comments on development

  • AT MILE 9.8 ON CANE CREEK, 1900 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THIS OCCURRENCE, EXPLORATION DRILLING BY THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY FOR A PROPOSED DAM SITE ENCOUNTERED 145 FEET OF MARBLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, R.E., 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE FRUITLAND QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA: N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES MRS 202-NW

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, R.E., AND DUNN, D.E., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE FRUITLAND QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA: N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES GM 202-NW, SCALE 1:24000

  • Deposit

    TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, 1965, UPPER FRENCH BROAD PROJECT--PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATION FOR CANE CREEK DAM SITE: OPEN-FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    1973 GEOLMAP N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES; MAP AND REPOR

  • Production

    LEMMON, R.E., 1973, N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Floyd, Robert J. U.S. Geological Survey

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