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Brushy Creek Clay Mine

Producer in Avery county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Kaolin, Mica
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078664
MRDS ID W027123
Record type Site
Current site name Brushy Creek Clay Mine
Alternate or previous names Millrace Mine
Related records 10297055

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.99345, 35.94926 (WGS84)
Elevation 817
Relative position 5.0 KM WSW OF LINVILLE FALLS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Avery(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Linville Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hickory(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(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

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 Avery

Comments on the location information

  • WEST OF BLUE RIDGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary
Mica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL CLAY OCCURRENCES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolin Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Weathering

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.99345, 35.94926
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PROBABLY BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Year of first production 1955

Mining district

District name Linville Falls Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Harris Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL AMOUNTS OF CLAY PRODUCED

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RECORDS UNAVAILABLE

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCDANIEL, R. D., AND MCKENZIE, B. J., 1976 , DIRECTORY OF NORTH CAROLINA MINERAL PRODUCERS: N. C. DEPART. OF NATURAL AND ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIV. OF EARTH RES. MIN. RES. SECTION

  • Deposit

    REED, J. L., JR., AND OTHERS, 1964 , GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE LINVILLE FALLS QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1161B, MINE IN LINVILLE FALLS TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION LACKING
Deposit Discovery Year: 1950'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Whitlow, Jesse W. U.S. Geological Survey

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