| Deposit ID | 10093769 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W027133 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Unnamed Asbestos Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -81.68872, 35.89342 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 378 |
| Relative position | 1.9 KM SE OF ADAKO |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Caldwell |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Asbestos | Primary |
| Nickel Critical | Primary |
| Chromium Critical | Primary |
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Asbestos | Ore |
| Dunite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Result | GEOCHEMICAL SAMPLES ANALYZED FOR 34 ELEMENTS. |
|---|
| 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 | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| 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 |
| (1) | Biotite Gneiss and Schist |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Northeastward Strike Of Foliation And Of The Brevard Fault Zone |
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1950 |
| District name | Morganton Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W027133 |
CLARK, J. W., 1966 , ORAL COMMUN.
REED, J. C., JR., 1964 , GEOLOGY OF THE LENOIR QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ - 242
PROSPECT IN COLLETTSVILLE TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000
1966 GEOCHEM J. WHITLOW, ELEMENT CONTEN
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1900'S |
| Deposit | THIS WAS NEVER MORE THAN A PROSPECT FOR ASBESTOS |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1977 | Whitlow, Jesse W. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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