Upper Shut-In Creek

Prospect in Madison county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10200157
MAS/MILS ID 0371150001
Record type Site
Current site name Upper Shut-In Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.87207, 35.88509 (WGS84)
Elevation 610

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Asheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper French Broad(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)

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 Madison

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Manganite Unknown
Montmorillonite Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Wad Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -82.87207, 35.88509

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SEDIMENTARY
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Secondary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Secondary Ore Control OTHER
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1944

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Harkleroad, Emmett
    Home office Tennessee
    Year 1974
  • Type Owner
    Owner George Stevens
    Home office North Carolina
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHITE, W.A., MINERAL INV. TWO, MN. DEPOSITS IN N.C., N.C. D

  • Deposit

    CONSERV. AND DEVELOPMENT, DIV. MINERAL RES., ADVANCE REPT.,

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD 070 IS MINERAL CONTENT OF RESIDUAL SOIL OVERLYING DOLOMITE. RECORD 071 IS ANALYSIS OF MANGANESE NODULES FOUND IN DOLOMITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.