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Newdale Asbestos Mine

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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026093
MRDS ID K002558
Record type Site
Current site name Newdale Asbestos Mine
Related records 10248812

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.20013, 35.91592 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Relative position 0.5 MILE NORTH OF SOUTH TOE RIVER AND U.S. HIGHWAY 19E, 1.1 MILES NORTHEAST OF MICAVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yancey(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Micaville(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

Comments on the location information

  • NOT THE SAME AS NEWDALE OLIVINE DEPOSIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Amphybolization

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 > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.20013, 35.91592
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form OVAL SHAPED/CIRCULAR
    Length 30.48M
    Width 30.48M

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK IS DEEPLY WEATHERED. NEAR ORE BODY FOLIATION OF SCHIST PARALLELS BODY. AWAY FROM ORE BODY FOLIATION STRIKES ABOUT N 55 E AND DIPS 65 SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1960
Production years 1960

Ownership information

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

Comments on the production information

  • MASS-FIBER ASBESTOS ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE CURRENTLY (1963) BEING DEVELOPED BODY FORMS A SINGLE BARREN OUTCROP THAT STANDS 70 FEET ABOVE SURROUNDING GROUND LEVEL.

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NUMEROUS LARGE PEGMATITES IN GENERAL VICINITY. SCRAP MICA MINED 700 FT SW AND SHEET MICA MINES ARE WITHIN A FEW THOUSAND FEET NORTH. LARGE DUNITE MASS LOCATED 0.8 MILE TO SOUTHEAST.

Reporter information

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

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