Long Mountain Mines

Past Producer in Madison county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026130
MRDS ID K002606
Record type Site
Current site name Long Mountain Mines
Related records 10223834

Geographic coordinates

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.

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

  • BIG SHAFT BARITE MINE IS AT COORDINATES 787,650N 859,100E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • STUCKEY AND DAVIS (1933, P. 8) REPORT THE OCCURRENCE OF ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA IN THE BARITE NORTH OF BLUFF, BUT GALENA WAS NOT OBSERVED BY ORIEL (1950).

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Quartz Gangue

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 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.85348, 35.84177

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposit Is A Few Hundred Feet From The Brushy Mountain Thrust Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, PINCH AND SWELL
    Thickness 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • BA RITE AND FLUORITE OCCUR AS ALTERNATING BANDS AS FISSURE VEINS IN MYLONITIZED QUARTZITE AND SLATE. BARITE IS BOTH SACCHAROIDAL AND COARSELY CRYSTALLINE VITREOUS. FLUORITE IS BOTH PURPLE AND BLACK, AND IS ABUNDANT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hot Springs Barite District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Rollins Chemical Corp.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

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

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INCLUDES BIG SHAFT MINE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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