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Asbestos Mine

Past Producer in Jackson 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. Materials information
  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 10026098
MRDS ID K002566
Record type Site
Current site name Asbestos Mine
Related records 10223704

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.01043, 35.11761 (WGS84)
Relative position ON EAST SIDE OF U.S. HIGHWAY 64, 1.0 MILE WEST OF THE JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY LINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(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 Jackson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Asbestos Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.01043, 35.11761
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 45.72M
    Width 15.24M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MOST OF THE BODY CONSISTS OF DARK GRAY TO GREENISH GRAY, FINE-GRAINED DUNITE THAT LOCALLY CONTAINS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ANTHOPHYLLITE. THE ANTHOPHYLLITE ALSO OCCURS AS NARROW CROSS-FIBER VEINS THAT CUT THE BODY IN ALL DIRECTIONS AND IN THE PERIPHERAL ZONE OF ALTERATION. THE PERIPHERAL ZONE IS IRREGULAR AND VARIES FROM A FEW FEET UP TO 10 FEET IN WIDTH. MOST OF THE VARIATION IS BETWEEN THE ASBESTOS ZONE AND THE DUNITE. THE OUTSIDE CONTACT OF THE ASBESTOS ZONE IS MARKED BY A NARROW BUT REGULAR ZONE OF SCHISTOSE TALC, CHLORITE AND VERMICULITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1958
Production years 1958-1962

Mining district

District name Sapphire Valley 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 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE WORKINGS CONSISTED OF AN OPEN CUT TRENCH DEVELOPED PARALLEL TO CONTACT ZONE ALONG THE EAST AND NORTHEAST SIDES OF BODY. DIMENTIONS WERE 100 X 30 X 20 DEEP.

Comments on development

  • DEPOSIT WORKED INTERMITTENTLY DURING 1958-1962, LARGE TONNAGE OF HIGH GRADE, MASS-FIBER ASBESTOS OF THE PERIPHERAL ZONE TYPE WAS RECOVERED. ; ECON.COM: PROPERTY HAS BEEN LEVELED AND SOLD AS PART OF A LAND DEVELOPMENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONRAD, S.G., AND OTHERS, 1963, ANTHOPHYLLITE ASBESTOS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 77, 61P

  • Deposit

    1963 RECON CONRAD, REPOR

  • Production

    CONRAD, S.G., 1963 P

Reporter information

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

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