| Deposit ID | 10026130 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K002606 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Long Mountain Mines |
| Related records | 10223834 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -82.85348, 35.84177 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 0.7 MILE NNE OF BLUFF; BIG SHAFT MINE IS 1.2 MILE NNE OF BLUFF. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Madison |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Barium-Barite Critical | Primary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| Rock unit name | Max Patch Granite, Coarse Or Porphyritic Granite Gneiss;Cranberry Gneiss; Granite Gneiss With Lenses Of Hornblende Gneiss, Mica Gneiss, And Mica Gneiss |
| Rock description | Max Patch Granite, Coarse Or Porphyritic Granite Gneiss;Cranberry Gneiss; Granite Gneiss With Lenses Of Hornblende Gneiss, Mica Gneiss, And Mica Gneiss |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Rock unit name | Snowbird Group, Feldspathic Quartzite And Slate |
| Rock description | Snowbird Group, Feldspathic Quartzite And Slate |
| (1) | -82.85348, 35.84177 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Deposit Is A Few Hundred Feet From The Brushy Mountain Thrust Fault. |
| General form | LENSES, PINCH AND SWELL |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 1.83M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Hot Springs Barite District |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Rollins Chemical Corp. |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 60.96M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K002606 |
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
1950 OTHER ORIEL, S.S., N.C. DIV. MIN. RES. BULL
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | INCLUDES BIG SHAFT MINE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1974 | Hale, Robin C. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUN-1991 | Klein, T.L. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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