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Brackens Soapstone Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Talc-Soapstone, Tungsten
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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 10025086
MRDS ID K000026
Record type Site
Current site name Brackens Soapstone Mine
Alternate or previous names Dog Ridge Mine
Related records 10151639

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.6193, 35.92037 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sams Gap(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Madison

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Soapstone Ore
Scheelite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.6193, 35.92037
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 12.19M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SCHEELITE IN VEINS, FINE DISSEMINATED GRAINS & CRYSTALLINE MASSES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Madison County Soapstone District

Comments on the production information

  • DISTRICT PRODUCTION FIRST IN 1868; SECOND PRODUCTION PERIOD IN LATE 1930S CONTINUING TILL EARLY 1940S; LAST ACTIVITY 1963 WHEN ATTEMPT TO REOPEN SOME MINES & FAILED

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT 225 FT DEEP, 40 FOOT DRIFT AT BOTTOM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BENTZEN, E.H., 1971, SOAPSTONE IN MADISON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: MINERALS RESEARCH LAB., NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIV., JULY PROGRESS REPT., 18 P.

  • Deposit

    WIENER, L.S., AND BENTZEN, E.H., 1972, SCHEELITE DISCOVERED IN CERTAIN SOAPSTONE DEPOSITS IN THE BLUE RIDGE OF MADISON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA (ABS.): GEOL. SOC. AMERICA ABS. WITH PROGRAMS, V. 4, NO. 2, P. 114

  • Deposit

    NORTH CAROLINA MINERAL RESEARCH LABORATORY, 1972, PROGRESS REPORT FOR MARCH 1972.

  • Deposit

    1971 RECON NC DEPT CON

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

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