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Harris Prospect

Occurrence 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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026103
MRDS ID K002572
Record type Site
Current site name Harris Prospect
Related records 10176520

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.9782, 35.21233 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.5 MILES NORTHWEST OF OWENS GAP AND 1.3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TENNESSEE GAP.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(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)

Tuckasegee(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(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 Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Asbestos Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.9782, 35.21233
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PEAR SHAPED
    Width 15.24M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF HIGHLY ALTERED DUNITE OR PERIDOTITE. A NARROW CONTACT ZONE OF FINE- TO COARSE-GRAINED, SCHISTOSE VERMICULITE COMPLETELY ENCLOSES THE DEPOSIT. THE PERIDOTITE ADJACENT TO THE VERMICULITE ZONE IS VERY TALCOSE. A LARGE TOURMALINE CRYSTAL 24 INCHES LONG X 6 INCHES IN DIAMETER WAS FOUND IN THE VERMICULITE ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

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

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECTING EXPOSED PERIPHERAL ZONE COMPLETELY AROUND THE DEPOSIT

Comments on development

  • DEPOSIT PROSPECTED BY POWHATAN MINING BETWEEN 1952 AND 1954. ; ECON.COM: ASBESTOS OF INSUFFICIENT QUALITY FOR 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, S.G., REPOR

  • Production

    CONRAD, S.G., 1963, N.C. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 77

Reporter information

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

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