Unnamed Clay Pits Hi-022

Producer in Avery county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Kaolin, Mica
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079271
MRDS ID W028465
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Clay Pits Hi-022
Related records 10200134

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.99901, 35.94676 (WGS84)
Elevation 823
Relative position 3.6 KM SW OF DOE HILL MTN PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Avery(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Linville Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hickory(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nolichucky(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pisgah National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

National Forests in North Carolina(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Avery

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolin Ore
Mica Ore
Quartz Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE OF TWELVE ANALYSIS FROM NEARBY SIMILAR AREA IS 24 PERCENT QUARTZ, 16 PERCENT MICA, 0.5 PERCENT FELDSPAR 47 PERCENT HYDRATED HALLOYSITE, AND 12 PERCENT KAOLIN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.99901, 35.94676

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 18M
    Depth to top 5M
    Depth to bottom 23M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Deep In Situ Weathering Of Pegmatitic Granodiorite Unit

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1937
Year of first production 1937

Mining district

District name Spruce Pine Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.