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Oakland Asbestos Mine

Past Producer in Transylvania county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Asbestos
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102339
MRDS ID K002552
Record type Site
Current site name Oakland Asbestos Mine
Related records 10127250

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.98265, 35.11455 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.45 MILES EAST OF THE JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY LINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Transylvania(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Reid(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hendersonville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Seneca(hydrologic unit)

Savannah(hydrologic accounting unit)

Ogeechee-Savannah(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Nantahala 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 Transylvania

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ONLY SMALL AMOUNT OF MASS-FIBER ORE RECOVERED

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.98265, 35.11455
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 22.86M
    Width 9.14M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ROCK IS MASSIVE, DARK GRAY TO GREENISH GRAY IN COLOR AND IS COMPOSED OF LARGE, INTERLOCKING BLADES OF ENSTATITE THAT ARE ALTERED TO ANTHOPHYLLITE AND TALC.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lake Toxaway Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Powhatan Mining Co.
    Home office Baltimore, Md.

Comments on the production information

  • MASS-FIBER ASBESTOS ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL LARGE OUTCROPS OF HIGHLY ALTERED AND WEATHERED ENSTATOLITE. WORKINGS CONSISTS OF CUT THAT CIRCUMVENTS THE BODY AND TWO CUTS ACROSS IT.

Comments on development

  • DEPOSIT PROSPECTED BY POWHATAN MINING CO. ONLY SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE REMOVED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONRAD, S.G., AND OTHERS, 1963, ANTHOPHYLLITE ASBESTOS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 77, 61P

  • Production

    CONRAD, S.G., AND OTHERS, 1963, N.C. DIV. MIN. RES. BULL. 77.

Reporter information

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

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