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Doe Hill Clay Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106026
MRDS ID W027124
Record type Site
Current site name Doe Hill Clay Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.98623, 35.9762 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position 4.3 KM NW OF LINVILLE FALLS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Avery(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Linville Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hickory(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nolichucky(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Avery

Comments on the location information

  • WEST OF BLUE RIDGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL CLAY OCCURRENCES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolin Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Mica Schist And Gneiss
    Rock description Mica Schist And Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.98623, 35.9762
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1950
Year of first production 1950

Mining district

District name Linville Falls Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL AMOUNTS OF CLAY PRODUCED

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • POSSIBLY MINED OUT

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE PITS

Comments on development

  • TWO OTHER WORKED OUT PITS; ONE LOCATED 0.4 KM TO NNE, OTHER 0.65 KM TO NNE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REED, J. C., JR., AND OTHERS, 1964 , GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE LINVILLE FALLS QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1161-B

  • Deposit

    MINE IN LINVILLE FALLS TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NOT LISTED IN 1976 DIRECTORY OF MINERAL PRODUCERS BY MCDANIEL, R. D. AND MCKENZIE, B. J. AN OPERATING MINE 1962
Deposit Discovery Year: 1900'S

Reporter information

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

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