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Bakersville Olivine Deposit

Occurrence in Mitchell county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Olivine, Asbestos, Chromium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094993
MRDS ID K001728
Record type Site
Current site name Bakersville Olivine Deposit
Alternate or previous names J.H. Pannell Prospect
Related records 10272553

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.14763, 36.00231 (WGS84)
Relative position ONE MILE SOUTHEAST OF BAKERSVILLE ON SOUTH SIDE OF WHITE OAK CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mitchell(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bakersville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(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 Mitchell

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Olivine Tertiary
Asbestos Tertiary
Chromium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ACCORDING TO CONRAD (1963) THE PRESENCE OF CHRYSOTILE ASBESTOS COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED. SEVERAL SPECIMENS OF ANTHOPHYLLITE WERE COLLECTED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Olivine Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.14763, 36.00231
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 91.44M
    Width 18.29M

Comments on the geologic information

  • OLIVINE IS MEDIUM-GRAINED, GRANULAR, AND SEMI-FRIABLE. A UNIQUE FEATURE OF DEPOSIT IS PRESENCE OF CARYSOTILE ASBESTOS WHICH OCCURS AS SEAMS UP TO 6 INCHES THICK AND AS INDIVIDUAL FIBERS AND CLUSTERS OF FIBERS PENETRATING INDIVIDUAL OLIVINE GRAINS. DEPOSIT HAS A HIGH UNIFORM CHROMITE CONTENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tocane Area

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPOSIT OUTCROPS ON NOSE OF LOW HILL IT IS COVERED WITH OVERBURDEN AND THOUGHT TO BE ABOUT 300 FT LONG AND 60 FT WIDE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTER, C.E., 1941, FORSTERITE OLIVINE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 41. 117 P.

  • Deposit

    LARRABEE, D.M. AND SWEENEY, J.W., 1968, OLIVINE IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE APPALACHIAN REGION: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 580, P. 326-327.

  • Deposit

    BROBST, D.A. 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE SPRUCE PINE DISTRICT AVERY, MITCHELL, AND YANCEY COUNTIES NORTH CAROLINA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1122.A. 26P.

  • Deposit

    CONRAD, S.G. AND OTHERS, 1963, ANTHOPHYLLITE ASBESTOS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 77, 66P.

  • Deposit

    1941 GEOLMAP TENN. VALLEY AUTHORITY, REPORT

  • Deposit

    1962 GEOLMAP BROBST, MAP-REPORT

  • Production

    HUNTER, C.E., 1941, N.C. DIV. MIN. RES. BULL. 41

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1974 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

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