| Deposit ID | 10026464 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K005105 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Arrowood Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Corner Spar Mine |
| Related records | 10200227 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -82.50097, 35.77899 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 4,250 FEET NE OF THE MORGAN HILL CHURCH |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Buncombe(county)
North Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mars Hill(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Buncombe |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Kaolin | Primary |
| Feldspar | Primary |
| Mica | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Feldspar | Ore |
| Halloysite | Ore |
| Chalcedony | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | X-RAY DIFFRACTION BY USBM 80% HALLOYSITE, 20% META-HALLOYSITE. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, CHEMICAL ANALYSIS AND MOISTURE INVESTIGATIONS IN HUNTER AND HASH, 1949. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite | ||
| Rock unit name | Pegmatite;Dunite | ||
| Rock description | Pegmatite;Dunite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite |
| (1) | -82.50097, 35.77899 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Occurs Along Contact Of Two Large Groups Of Precambrian Rocks |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 40 W |
| Dip | 5ONE |
| Length | 118.87M |
| Width | 27.43M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1934 |
| Discoverer | John Rice |
| Year of first production | 1934 |
| District name | Buncombe District |
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| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Spruce Pine Mining Co. (Paul Henline) |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Spruce Pine Mining Co. |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.158HA |
| Overall length | 60.96M |
| Overall width | 27.43M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K005105 |
HUNTER, C. E. AND HASH, L. J., 1949, HALLOYSITE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA: N. C. DEPT. OF CONSERV. AND DEVEL., BULL. 58, 32 P.
MERSCHAT, C. E., IN PROGRESS 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP AND MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE MARS HILL QUADRANGLE; NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES SEC. GM 191-SE AND MRS 191-SE
MERSCHAT, C. E., IN PROGRESS 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE MARS HILL QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES SECTION. MRS 191-SE.
1949 COMPILE HUNTER & HASH N.C. DEPT. CONS. & DEVEL.
1968 COMPILE LESURE F.G. PROF. PAPER 577
HUNTER & HASH, 1949, HALLOYSITE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA: N. C. BULL. 58; LESURE, F.G., 1968, U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 577
HUNTER & HASH, 1949, HALLOYSITE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA; N. C. BULL. 58
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | AGE OF MINERALIZATION VARIES WITH THE MINERAL COMMODITIES. FELDSPAR AND MICA HAVING AN ORDOVICIAN AGE, WHILE THE HALLOYSITE HAS FORMED DURING LATER WEATHERING EITHER DURING CRETACEOUS OR CENOZOIC. |
| Deposit | First Production Year: FELDSPAR (1934) HALLOYSITE (1947) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1976 | Merschat, Carl E. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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