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Betts Sandy Bottom Property

Past Producer in Madison county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Sulfur-Pyrite, Lead, Iron, Fluorine-Fluorite, Copper
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026128
MRDS ID K002603
Record type Site
Current site name Betts Sandy Bottom Property
Alternate or previous names Includes the Nettie Mine, Martha Mine, Rollins Chemical Company Mine, Betts Mine, And Gillespie Mine.
Related records 10127226

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.75542, 35.86731 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.2 MILE SE OF THOMAS CEMETERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spring Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Asheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper French Broad(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pisgah 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 Madison

Comments on the location information

  • MINE LOCATIONS ON A.G. BETTS PROPERTY: BETTS MINE - 791,600N 887,500E; MARTHA MINE - 792,200N 887,650E; GILLESPIE MINE - 791,100N 887,400E; AND NETTIE MINE - 792,550N 887,500E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORIEL (1950) STATES THAT BARITE SHIPPED FROM THE BETTS PROPERTY CONTAINED ABOUT 95% BARIUM SULPHATE.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.75542, 35.86731
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mine Ridge Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Dip STEEPLY SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mine Ridge Thrust Fault In Northern Part Of Property, Minor Faults In Southern Part Of Property.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE BARITE IS DESCRIBED AS QUARTZ-LIKE IN APPEARANCE. THE VEINS HAVE SHARP CONTACTS WITH THE WALLROCK, AND LOCALLY CONTAIN SMALL HORSES OF WALLROCK AND SEAMS OF FAULT GOUGE. BARITE ALSO OCCURS AS PODS AND STRINGERS ALONG FISSURES, IN BRECCIA OPENINGS, AS SMALL DISSEMINATED AGGREGATES IN WALLROCK, AND LOCALLY REPLACES MYLONITIZED WALLROCK. EXAMINATION OF A THIN SECTION FROM A RAILROAD CUT ON THE SOUTH, BY STUCKEY AND DAVIS (1933, P. 6), SUGGESTS THE FOLLOWING PARAGENESIS: QUARTZ, SERICITE, SULPHIDES, HEMATITE, THEN FLUORITE AND BARITE CONTEMPORANEOUSLY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1818
Year of first production 1884

Mining district

District name Hot Springs Barite District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Fluid Power Pump Co. ?

Comments on the production information

  • BARITE WAS PROCESSED AT A MILL NEAR STACKHOUSE BY THE CAROLINA BARYTES COMPANY UNTIL 1916, WHEN THE MILL WAS WASHED AWAY BY FLOODS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS EXTEND ABOUT 2,400 FEET IN A GENERALLY NORTH DIRECTION.

Comments on development

  • FOUR DIAMOND DRILL HOLES BY THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (DAHNERS, 1949) FAILED TO INTERSECT MINABLE BARITE, PARTLY DUE TO POOR HOLE LOCATIONS. ; ECON.COM: ORIEL (1950) STATES THAT LARGE BARITE RESERVES PROBABLY REMAIN ON THE PROPERTY (THE AMOUNT REMOVED BY POST-WW2 MINING IS NOT KNOWN). REMAINING RESERVES ARE SAID TO BE SIGNIFICANT AND OF HIGH GRADE, BUT BELOW WATER, AND THE OLD WORKINGS HAVE PARTIALLY COLLASPED. A TUNNEL WAS DRIVEN FOR 500 FEET HORIZONTALLY FROM NEAR RIVER LEVEL, FOR THE PURPOSE OF DRAINING THE WORKINGS AND POSSIBLE STOPPING THE ORE FROM THE WORKINGS. THE TUNNEL WAS ABANDONED BECAUSE OF THE HIGH COST IN DRIVING IT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ORIEL, S.S., 1950, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE HOT SPRINGS WINDOW, MADISON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 60, P. 70

  • Deposit

    DAHNERS, L.A., 1949, INVESTIGATION OF THE DEL RIO AND STACKHOUSE BARITE DEPOSITS, COCKE COUNTY, TENN., AND MADISON COUNTY, N.C.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RPT. INV. RI 4571, P. 26

  • Deposit

    1949 DIREXPL DAHNERS, L.S., USBM REPT. INV. 4571

  • Deposit

    1950 OTHER ORIEL, S.S., N.C. DIV. MIN. RES. BULL. 60

  • Deposit

    HUNTER, C., AND MATTOCKS, P.W., 1936, REPORT ON BARITE IN THE VICINITY OF STACKHOUSE, NORTH CAROLINA, MADISON COUNTY: TENN. VALLEY AUTHORITY OPEN-FILE REPORT, P. 3

  • Production

    ORIEL, S.S., 1950

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE BARITE AND ASSOCIATED MINERALS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE OF HYDROTHERMAL ORIGIN, AND POST-DEFORMATION IN AGE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1974 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

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