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Bryson 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026104
MRDS ID K002573
Record type Site
Current site name Bryson Asbestos Mine
Related records 10176442

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.17182, 35.13511 (WGS84)
Relative position ONE MILE NORTHWEST OF NORTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Glenville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fontana Lake(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 Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Asbestos Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.17182, 35.13511
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS ()
    Length 60.96M
    Width 15.24M

Comments on the geologic information

  • WASTE MATERIAL ON MINE DUMP INDICATES THE COMPOSITION RANGES FROM UNALTERED DUNITE TO HIGHLY TALCOSE PERIDOTITE, AND THE ENTIRE BODY IS LACED WITH NUMEROUS THIN VEINS OF CROSS-FIBER ASBESTOS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Glenville-Norton Area

Comments on the workings information

  • MINING OPERATIONS HAVE DESTROYED OR COVERED THE ORIGINAL FORM OF BODY.

Comments on development

  • CONSIDERABLE ASBESTOS REPORTED MINED MOST OF IT OCCURRED IN THE PERIPHERAL ZONE ALONG THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST SIDE. MASS FIBER ORE WAS MOST IMPORTANT VARIETY BUT SOME CROSS-FIBER ASBESTOS WAS ALSO RECOVERED.

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. MIN. RES. BULL. 77

Reporter information

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

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