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Kilpatrick 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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026091
MRDS ID K002555
Record type Site
Current site name Kilpatrick Asbestos Mine
Related records 10298103

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.92098, 35.18844 (WGS84)
Relative position 5.8 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROSMAN, AND 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAKE TOXAWAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Transylvania(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Toxaway(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hendersonville(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 Transylvania

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE REPORTED LEFT IN PLACE BUT WOULD REQUIRE UNDERGROUND MINING

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.92098, 35.18844
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 91.44M
    Width 30.48M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINE WAS DEVELOPED IN THE PERIPHERAL ZONE ALONG THE WEST SIDE AT THE NORTH END OF BODY. THE HANGING WALL OF CUT WAS DEVELOPED IN COUNTRY ROCK WHICH CONSISTED PREDOMINATELY OF LAYERED, FINE-GRAINED, QUARTZ-FELDSPAR-MUSCOVITE GNEISS. THE FOOTWALL CONSISTED OF THE PERIPHERAL ZONE OF ANTHOPHYLLITE ASBESTOS AND DEEPLY WEATHERED ULTRAMAFIC ROCK. CONTACTS ARE SHARP. THE ANTHOPHYLLITE ZONE VARIES FROM 3 TO 6 FEET IN WIDTH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years INTERMITTENTLY UNTIL 1962

Mining district

District name Lake Toxaway Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Powhatan Mining Co.
    Home office Baltimore, Md.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE WAS AN OPEN TRENCH 100 FEET LONG 20 FEET WIDE AND 15 TO 20 FEET DEEP THAT DIPPED ABOUT 45 DEG. TO THE WEST.

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY ABANDONED IN 1962 AND MINE WORKINGS BACK FILLED AND LEVELED.

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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