Kinkaid Prospect

Occurrence in Caldwell county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Beryllium, REE
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078674
MRDS ID W027137
Record type Site
Current site name Kinkaid Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.72066, 35.90592 (WGS84)
Elevation 363
Relative position 0.45 KM ESE OF BROWN MOUNTAIN BEACH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Caldwell(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Collettsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hickory(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Catawba(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(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 Caldwell

Comments on the location information

  • IN EASTERN PART OF BLUE RIDGE; SITE IN PISGAH NATIONAL FOREST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary
REE Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SUPPOSEDLY A GOLD OCCURRENCE

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization Of Host Rock

Analytical data

Result 4 GEOCHEMICAL SAMPLES WERE ANALYZED BY THE SEMIQUANTITATIVE SPECTROGRAPHIC METHOD FOR 34 ELEMENTS

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.72066, 35.90592

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeastward Striking Faults, Schistosity And Trend Of Different Lithologies
Type of structure Local
Structure description Schistosity Striking Northeastward

Ore body information

  • Strike 60 E
    Dip 80 - 90 SE
    Length 20M
    Width 10M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1850

Mining district

District name Blue Ridge District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • A PROSPECT WITH NO RECORDED PRODUCTION

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO MINE AND NO POTENTIAL FOUND FOR ORE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 20000HA

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT ONLY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERY, PETER, 1967 ORAL COMMUN.

  • Deposit

    REED, J. C., JR., 1964 , GEOLOGY OF THE LENOIR QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD MAP GQ - 242

  • Deposit

    PROSPECT IN COLLETTSVILLE TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1967 GEOCHEM J. WHITLOW, ELEMENT CONTEN

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HOST ROCK IS A BIOTITE MUSCOVITE SCHIST CONTAINING QUARTZ VEINS AND RARE PEGMATITE. QUARTZ VEINS ARE PARALLEL TO SCHISTOSITY. THE SCHIST IS SERICITIC.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1800'S

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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