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Jennings No. 1 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102340
MRDS ID K002557
Record type Site
Current site name Jennings No. 1 Asbestos Mine
Related records 10175985

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.05154, 35.05317 (WGS84)
Relative position ON NORTHEAST SIDE OF WHITEWATER RIVER 5.0 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CASHIERS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Transylvania(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cashiers(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fontana Lake(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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.05154, 35.05317
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • CONTACT ZONE IS COMPLICATED AND VARIES RAPIDLY ALONG STRIKE. ZONE IS COMPOSED OF A LAYER OF MASS-FIBER ASBESTOS THAT IN PLACES IS 3 FEET THICK. THE ASBESTOS ZONE IS BOUNDED ON ONE SIDE BY PERIDOTITE AND ON THE OTHER BY A THIN ZONE OF SCHISTOSE CHLORITE AND VERMICULITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1957
Production years 1957

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.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT WAS IN AN EAST-WEST DIRECTION ALONG NORTH SIDE OF BODY. CUT WAS PARALLEL TO CONTACT ZONE.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTED IN 1957 AND SMALL TONNAGE OF MASS-FIBER ASBESTOS PRODUCED

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. DEPT. 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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