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Bowlings Mountain Mine

Producer in Granville county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Talc-Soapstone, Gemstone, Kyanite, Aluminum
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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. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069801
MRDS ID W007490
Record type Site
Current site name Bowlings Mountain Mine
Related records 10151099

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.74974, 36.23341 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granville(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stem(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Henderson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greensboro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Neuse(hydrologic unit)

Neuse(hydrologic accounting unit)

Neuse-Pamlico(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Granville

Comments on the location information

  • BELT NE FROM ABOUT LAT. 34 DEG 30 MIN N, LONG. 82 DEG 30 MIN W TO LAT. 35 DEG 0 MIN N, LONG. 82 DEG 10 MIN W. ABOUT 2/3 OF REGION COVERED BY GOOD TOPO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary
Gemstone Tertiary
Kyanite Tertiary
Aluminum Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Andalusite Ore
Diaspore Ore
Pyrophyllite Ore
Topaz Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Sericite Schist (Altered Volcanics)
    Rock description Sericite Schist (Altered Volcanics)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.74974, 36.23341
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Thickness 12.19M
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PYROPHYLLITE LENSES IN SILICEOUS ROCKS (ALTERED VOLCANICS) ON N. AND S. SLOPES OF HILL. SOME TOPAZ, ANDALUSITE, AND DIASPORE ACCOMPANY PYROPHYLLITE.
  • SILLIMANITE - QUARTZ - MICA SCHIST; PART OF PIEDMONT BELT THAT EXTENDS FROM GA. TO N. C. HIGH GRADE ROCK HAS 5 - 10% SILLIMANITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bowlings Mountain

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Carolina Pyrophyllite Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • PROBABLY 2 PYROPHYLLITE LENSES 20 - 40 FT. THICK, 150 FT. LONG

Comments on development

  • DEPOSIT AT BOWLING MTN. AND 3 OTHERS WITHIN 5 MI. TO N. HAVE BEEN DRILLED. PLANS BEING MADE TO START MINING BY CAROLINA PYROPHYLLITE CO. SOME ORE HAS BEEN MINED SINCE ABOUT 1951.
  • SAMPLED BY BUREAU OF MINES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STUCKEY, J. L., 1928, THE PYROPHYLLITE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 37.

  • Deposit

    BROADHURST, S. D. AND COUNCILL, R. J., 1953, A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON HIGH - ALLUMINA MINERALS IN THE VOLCANIC - SLATE SERIES, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOL. SURV. INF. CIRC. 10.

  • Deposit

    ESPENSHADE, G. H., APR. 15, 1953; MAY 27, 1956: UNPUBLISHED FILE REPORTS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GEOLOGICAL MAPPING BOTH OF DEPOSIT AND VICINITY IS NEEDED.
Deposit GEOLOGY OF REGION HAS NOT BEEN ADEQUATELY STUDIED. DEPOSITS ARE OF NO ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1959 Espenshade, Gilbert H. U.S. Geological Survey

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