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Acme Corundum Mine

Past Producer in Iredell county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Corundum, Feldspar, Vermiculite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078680
MRDS ID W027144
Record type Site
Current site name Acme Corundum Mine
Alternate or previous names Collins Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.9212, 35.78287 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Relative position 2.6 KM SE OF RTE 40 AND 90 CLOVERLEAF; MINE LOCATION NOT EXACT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iredell(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Statesville West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salisbury(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Yadkin(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pee Dee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pee Dee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Iredell

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Corundum Primary
Feldspar Secondary
Vermiculite Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ABRASIVE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Mica Gneiss;Hornblende Gneiss
    Rock description Mica Gneiss;Hornblende Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.9212, 35.78287
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • DETAIL GEOLOGY OF THE AREA NOT AVAILABLE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1850

Mining district

District name Statesville Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY ONLY SMALL AMOUNT OF CORUNDUM PRODUCED

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION LACKING

Comments on the workings information

  • INFORMATION LACKING; SMALL PONDS SELECTED MAY BE ABANDONED WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA, 1958 , COMPILED BY DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES

  • Deposit

    LEWIS, J. V., 1896 , CORUNDUM AND THE BASIC MAGNESIAN ROCKS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 11 , TEXT 101 P., MINE TEXT P. 76

  • Deposit

    MINE IN THE STATESVILLE WEST TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE SITE IS NOW POSSIBLY LOCATION OF A DRIVE IN THEATER OR HALF MILE SOUTHEAST OF THE THEATER. VEIN OF FELDSPAR AND CORUNDUN 75 CM ( 2.5 FT ) THICK IN HORNBLENDE ROCK
Deposit Discovery Year: 1800'S

Reporter information

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

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