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C. W. Allen Prospect

Past Producer in Yancey 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. Alteration
  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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026087
MRDS ID K002550
Record type Site
Current site name C. W. Allen Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.06928, 35.90203 (WGS84)
Relative position 4.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BURNSVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mitchell(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spruce Pine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Asheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(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 Yancey

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Serpentinization

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.06928, 35.90203
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N15E
    Dip SE
    Length 152.4M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VERY LITTLE ASBESTOS CAN BE SEEN IN PLACE, BUT DUMP MATERIAL INDICATES CROSS-FIBER VEIN VARIETY. VEINS UP TO 3 INCHES WIDE PRESENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years 1919

Mining district

District name Spruce Pine Area

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE IS PROBABLY ONE REFERRED TO AS CANE RIVER MINE THAT WAS WORKED IN 1919 BY N.C. MC FALLS. SIZE OF WORKINGS SUGGESTS SMALL MINE

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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