Joel Walker Beryl Prospect

Occurrence in Burke county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gemstone, Beryllium
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078682
MRDS ID W027146
Record type Site
Current site name Joel Walker Beryl Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.71316, 35.63899 (WGS84)
Elevation 818
Relative position 4.9 KM SSW OF BURKEMONT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Burke(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morganton South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hickory(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork 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 Burke

Comments on the location information

  • ON CREST OF NORTHWESTERN RIDGE OF SOUTH MOUNTAINS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINOR PROSPECT FOR GEMSTONES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Emerald Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.71316, 35.63899

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeastward Trending Structures And Lithologic Boundaries.

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Comments on the geologic information

  • KEITH AND STERRETT SHOW THE AREA AS HENDERSON OR CRANBERRY GRANITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Discoverer Joel Walker

Mining district

District name South Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PROSPECT ONLY

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • POTENTIAL NEVER DETERMINED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.002HA
    Overall length 5.49M
    Overall width 3M

Comments on the workings information

  • NO REAL ATTEMPT AT MINING AQUAMARINE AND GOLDEN BERYL FOUND MOSTLY ON OR NEAR THE SURFACE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRATT, J. H., AND BERRY, H. M., 1911 , MINING INDUSTRY IN NORTH CAROLINA DURING 1908 , 1909 , AND 1910 : NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC SURVEY, 131 P, 1 PT., 27 FIGS

  • Deposit

    KEITH, ARTHUR, AND STERRETT, D. R., - UNPUBLISHED MAP OF THE MORGANTON 30 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, FIELD WORK 1896 , 1899 , 1900 , 1901 AND 1907

  • Deposit

    PROSPECT IN MORGANTON SOUTH TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1910 GEOLMAP KEITH, ARTHUR AND STERRETT, D. B

  • Production

    KEITH, UNPUBLISHED

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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