Unnamed Asbestos Prospect

Occurrence in Caldwell county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Asbestos, Nickel, Chromium, Tungsten
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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093769
MRDS ID W027133
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Asbestos Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.68872, 35.89342 (WGS84)
Elevation 378
Relative position 1.9 KM SE 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
Asbestos Primary
Nickel Critical Primary
Chromium Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CONCENTRATION SMALL BUT POTENTIAL NEVER DETERMINED. A PROSPECT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Asbestos Ore
Dunite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Weathering

Analytical data

Result GEOCHEMICAL SAMPLES ANALYZED FOR 34 ELEMENTS.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock
    Rock unit name Ultramafic Intrusive Of Uncertain Age
    Rock description Ultramafic Intrusive 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) Biotite Gneiss and Schist

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeastward Strike Of Foliation And Of The Brevard Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • TIME OF EMPLACEMENT OF HOST ROCK AND DIKE ROCK UNKNOWN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1950

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.

Comments on the workings information

  • A PROSPECT NOT A MINE. BAKER GOLD MINE IS WEST OF THIS PROSPECT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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 Discovery Year: 1900'S
Deposit THIS WAS NEVER MORE THAN A PROSPECT FOR ASBESTOS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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