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Celo Mtn. Mine

Past Producer in Yancey county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Kyanite
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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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069806
MRDS ID W007504
Record type Site
Current site name Celo Mtn. Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.26652, 35.88342 (WGS84)
Relative position ON BLUE RIDGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yancey(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burnsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Asheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nolichucky(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 Yancey

Comments on the location information

  • ZONE SEVERAL MILES WIDE, TRENDING NE FROM ABOUT LAT. 35 DEG 53 MIN N, LONG. 82 DEG 16 MIN W TO LAT. 36 DEG 2 MIN N LONG. 82 DEG 3 MIN W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kyanite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kyanite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE KYANITE 10%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Quartz-Feldspar-Biotite Gneiss And Schist
    Rock description Quartz-Feldspar-Biotite Gneiss And Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.26652, 35.88342
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, IRREGULAR
    Length 48279M
    Width 12874.4M

Comments on the geologic information

  • KYANITE - QUARTZ - FELDSPAR - BIOTITE GNEISS IS WIDE SPREAD IN REGION. KYANITE CONTENT AVERAGES ABOUT 10%

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Burnsville - Swannanoa Area

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPOSIT IS ADEQUATELY STUDIED. REGIONAL GEOLOGY HAS BEEN MAPPED IN BAKERSVILLE. SPRUCE PINE DISTRICT, AND SHOULD BE EXTENDED INTO THIS AREA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHUTE, N. E., 1944, REPORT ON THE SAMPLING AND GEOLOGIC STUDY OF THE KYANITE DEPOSITS OF THE YANCY CYANITE CO., NEAR BURNSVILLE, N. C.: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, OPEN - FILE REPORT

Reporter information

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

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