Unnamed Fluorite Occurrence Hi-012

Occurrence in Burke county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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 10079272
MRDS ID W028466
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Fluorite Occurrence Hi-012

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.76427, 35.91065 (WGS84)
Elevation 719
Relative position 2.2 KM SOUTH OF BROWN MOUNTAIN PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Burke(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chestnut Mountain(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)

Federal lands

Pisgah National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Croatan 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 Burke

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.76427, 35.91065

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast

Ore body information

  • General form PLUTON

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Purple Fluorite Grains Macroscopic In Mottled Megmatitic Layer-Like Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1979

Mining district

District name Morganton Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D'AGOSTINO, JOHN P., 1979, PERSONAL OBSERVATION.

  • Deposit

    OCCURRENCE IN CHESTNUT MTN TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000.

  • Deposit

    1979 GEOCHEM D'AGOSTINO, GEOCHEM MA

  • Production

    D'AGOSTINO, 1979

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-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.