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Unnamed Saprolite Pit

Producer in Madison county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Aluminum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026485
MRDS ID K005128
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Saprolite Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.54819, 35.83427 (WGS84)
Relative position 4250 FEET SE OF MARS HILL RESEVOIRS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Madison

Comments on the location information

  • INDICATED WITH A MINE OR QUARRY SYMBOL ON THE TOPO. QUADRANGLE MAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Bio Granitic Gneiss (Unit 1) Cranberry Granite
    Rock description Bio Granitic Gneiss (Unit 1) Cranberry Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.54819, 35.83427
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Deep Weathering And Topography

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • DIRT FILL IS TAKEN INTERMITTENTLY FROM THIS PIT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.131HA
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • THIS PIT IS INTERMITTENTLY ACTIVE. WHENEVER FILL DIRT IS NEEDED IN THE MARS HILL AREA SOME IS EXTRACTED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Merschat, Carl E. U.S. Geological Survey

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