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J. C. Woody Asbestos Mine

Past Producer in Yancey county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Asbestos, Vermiculite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026095
MRDS ID K002561
Record type Site
Current site name J. C. Woody Asbestos Mine
Related records 10127276

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.20957, 35.97787 (WGS84)
Relative position ON SOUTHEAST SIDE OF NORTHEAST FLOWING TRIBUTARY OF ROSE CREEK, ABOUT 0.5 MILE SOUTH OF PLEASANT GROVE CHURCH

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary
Vermiculite Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Vermiculite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Amphibolization

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD
    Length 152.4M
    Width 60.96M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ULTRAMAYFIC BODY IS COMPOSED MOSTLY OF RELATIVELY UNALTERED DUNITE. THE ASBESTOS ARE IS THE PERIPHERAL ZONE MASS-FIBER VARIETY AND OCCURS IN A ZONE ABOUT TWO FEET WIDE THATLIES BETWEEN THE DUNITE AND AN ALTERATION ZONE COMPOSED OF TALC, CHLORITE, AND VERMICULATE. THE ORE IS MASSIVE, COARSE GRAINED AND VARIES FROM CREAM TO TAN IN COLOR.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Brush Creek Area

Comments on the production information

  • MASS-FIBER ASBESTOS ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE WORKINGS IN 1963 CONSIST OF SMALL OPEN PIT TRENCH IN THE CONTACT ZONE ON NORTH SIDE OF BODY ADJACENT TO CREEK. THE WORKINGS HAVE NOT BEEN EXTENSIVELY DEVELOPED. CONRAD(1963) BELIEVES A LARGE TONNAGE OF MASS-FIBER ORE IS STILL PRESENT.

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 COUNTRY ROCK IS MICA GNEISS THAT STRIKES N 45 E AND DIPS 60 SE.

Reporter information

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

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