Unnamed Asbestos Prospect

Occurrence in Caldwell county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Nickel, Chromium, Asbestos
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078668
MRDS ID W027129
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Asbestos Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.71844, 35.88426 (WGS84)
Elevation 363
Relative position 2.3 KM DUE SOUTH OF ADAKO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Caldwell(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Collettsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hickory(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Catawba(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Caldwell

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR EASTERN EDGE OF BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Chromium Critical Primary
Asbestos Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL ASBESTOS OCCURRENCE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Asbestos Ore
Magnetite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Weathering

Analytical data

Result GEOCHEMICAL SAMPLES ANALYZED BY SEMIQUANTITATIVE SPECTROGRAPHIC METHOD FOR 34 ELEMENTS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock
    Rock unit name Ultramafic Dike Of Uncertain Age
    Rock description Ultramafic Dike Of Uncertain Age
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Gneiss And Schist Of Uncertain Age
    Rock description Gneiss And Schist Of Uncertain Age

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.71844, 35.88426

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeastward Trending Lenses Of Different Lithologies And Strike Of Foliation.

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 45 E
    Dip 90
    Length 600M
    Width 6M

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO WAY TO TELL AMOUNT OF TIME BETWEEN EMPLACEMENT OF HOST ROCK AND DIKE ROCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Morganton Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PROSPECT ONLY

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • POTENTIAL RESOURCES NEVER DETERMINED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 5.49M
    Overall width 2M

Comments on the workings information

  • A LARGE PROSPECT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOLCOMB, MIKE, 1966 , ORAL COMMUN.

  • Deposit

    CLARK, J. W., 1966 , ORAL COMMUN.

  • Deposit

    REED, J. C., JR., 1964 , GEOLOGY OF THE LENOIR QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ - 242

  • Deposit

    PROSPECT IN COLLETTSVILLE TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1966 GEOCHEM J. WHITLOW, ELEMENT CONTEN

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A PROSPECT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Whitlow, Jesse W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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