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Miller 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. 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. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026089
MRDS ID K002553
Record type Site
Current site name Miller Asbestos Mine
Related records 10127199

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.00515, 35.09567 (WGS84)
Relative position ON THE SOUTH SLOPE OF RAINY KNOBS MOUNTAIN ABOUT ONE MILE SOUTH OF SAPPHIRE

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Talc Is An Interstitial Alteration Product

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.00515, 35.09567
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Length 51.82M
    Width 27.43M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PREDOMINANT ROCK TYPE IS A HIGHLY ALTERED ENSTATOLITE COMPOSED OF LARGE, INTERLOCKING, LATH-SHAPED CRYSTALS OF ENSTATITE AND ANTHOPHYLLITE. A NARROW ZONE OF SCHISTOSE TALC, CHLORITE AND VERMICULITE COMPLETELY SURROUNDS THE ENSTATOLITE BODY. NUMEROUS CROSS-FIBER ANTHOPHYLLITE VEINS CUT THE BODY IN ALL DIRECTIONS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years 1955

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 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A VERTICAL FACE DEVELOPED ALONG THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST SIDES. IT HAS A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 18 FEET. TOTAL LENGTH IS 120 FEET. PROSPECT TRENCHES FROM 40 TO 60 FEET IN LENGTH WERE CUT INTO BODY FROM THE SOUTHWEST, WEST AND NORTH SIDES.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECT BY POWHATAN AND SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE MINED IN 1955

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.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CONRAD, S.G. AND OTHERS, 1963, N.C. DIV. MIN. RES. BULL. 77

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTACT RELATIONS SUGGEST ONLY THE UPPER PART OF BODY IS EXPOSED AND CONSIDERABLE ORE MAY REMAIN IN PLACE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1974 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

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