Unnamed Marble Occurrence

Occurrence in Buncombe county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Marble, Dimension
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026295
MRDS ID K003548
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Marble Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.44958, 35.47038 (WGS84)
Relative position 2500 FEET SSW OF TWEED CHAPEL, IN THE BED OF CANE CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Buncombe(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fruitland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hendersonville(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Buncombe

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MARBLE IS MEDIUM - GRAINED, MICACEOUS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore

Analytical data

Result 19.2% CA0
Result 1.03% MG0
Result 2.14% FE203

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Cataclastic Schist, Phyllonite, And Mylonite. Age Uncertain
    Rock description Cataclastic Schist, Phyllonite, And Mylonite. Age Uncertain
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Tectonite > Mylonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.44958, 35.47038

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast - Trending Brevard Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • OCCURRENCE IS WITHIN BREVARD FAULT ZONE, 2700 FEET FROM ITS EASTERN BOUNDARY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1973 GEOLMAP N.C. DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES; MAP AND REPOR

  • Production

    LEMMON, R.E., 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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.