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Unnamed Marble Occurrence

Occurrence in Polk county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Marble, Dimension
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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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026293
MRDS ID K003545
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Marble Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.25874, 35.38954 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.2 MILE SOUTHEAST OF OTTANOLA GAP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Polk(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bat Cave(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hendersonville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Broad(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Polk

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore

Analytical data

Result 48.3% CA0
Result 0.43% MG0
Result 0.94% FE203
Result 450 PPM MN
Result 3 PPM CU
Result 210 PPM SR
Result 5 PPM ZN
Result 20 PPM LI

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Garnetiferous Muscovite Schist
    Rock description Garnetiferous Muscovite Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.25874, 35.38954
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: DEPOSIT PROBABLY HAS LITTLE ECONOMIC POTENTIAL BECAUSE OF ITS SMALL SIZE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, R.E., 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE BAT CAVE QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA: N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES MRS 202 - NE

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, R.E., AND DUNN, D.E., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BAT CAVE QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA: N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES GM 202 - NE, SCALE 1:24000

  • Deposit

    1973 GEOLMAP LEMMON, R.E., AND DUNN, D.E., N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES, MAP

  • Deposit

    1973 GEOLMAP LEMMON, R.E., N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES, REPORT

  • Production

    LEMMON, 1973, N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Floyd, Robert J. U.S. Geological Survey

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