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Jennings No. 2 Asbestos Mine

Past Producer in Jackson county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Corundum, Asbestos
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026101
MRDS ID K002569
Record type Site
Current site name Jennings No. 2 Asbestos Mine
Alternate or previous names Whitewater Corundum Mine
Related records 10272703

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.05487, 35.05178 (WGS84)
Relative position ON WEST SIDE OF WHITEWATER RIVER 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF MULKEY GAP

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
Corundum Primary
Asbestos Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Asbestos Ore
Corundum Ore

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) -83.05487, 35.05178
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Length 67.06M
    Width 35.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE BODY IS COMPOSED CHIEFLY OF LARGE RADIATING AND INTERLOCKING BLADES OF GRAYISH-GREEN ENSTATITE AND OLIVINE. A NARROW OUTCROP OF QUARTZ-MUSCOVITE SCHIST IS PRESENT AT THE SOUTHEAST END OF BODY. THE SCHIST CONTAINS THIN LAYERS OF PEGMATITE AND STRIKES N 45 E AND DIPS 70 SE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1950

Mining district

District name Sapphire Valley Area

Ownership information

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

Comments on the workings information

  • OUTCROPS INDICATE THE DEPOSIT IS ABOUT 220 FEET LONG AND 115 FEET WIDE. WAS PROSPECTED BY POWHATAN MINING CO. BY OPEN CUT TRENCHES DEVELOPED PARALLEL TO CONTACT ZONE ALONG THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDES OF BODY. SMALL CROSS-CUTTING TRENCHES ARE PRESENT AT THE EAST AND WEST ENDS OF THE DEPOSIT. ALSO THE SITE OF THE WHITEWATER CORUNDUM MINE AND THE ENTRANCE TO AN ADIT, WHICH WAS THE MAIN MINE WORKINGS IS LOCATED AT THE WEST END OF THE DEPOSIT.

Comments on development

  • DEPOSIT PROSPECTED FOR ASBESTOS BY POWHATAN MINING CO. ABOUT 1950 BY OPEN TRENCHES. ALSO SITE OF THE WHITEWATER CORUNDUM MINE. SMALL AMOUNT OF MASS-FIBER AND CROSS-FIBER ORE RECOVERED BUT DEPOSIT NOT EXTENSIVELY DEVELOPED.

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, S.G., REPOR

  • Production

    CONRAD, S.G. 1963

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit First Production Year: 1950 (ASBESTOS)

Reporter information

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

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