Cas Thomas Asbestos Prospect

Occurrence in Yancey county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Asbestos
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094998
MRDS ID K002562
Record type Site
Current site name Cas Thomas Asbestos Prospect
Related records 10152087

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.19374, 35.98426 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Relative position 5.5 MILES NORTH OF MICAVILLE. NEAR NORTH TOE RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yancey(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Micaville(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Yancey

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.19374, 35.98426

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 30.48M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF A FEW BOULDER LIKE OUTCROPS OF ENSTATOLITE. AREA IS COVERED WITH A THICK MANTLE OF SOIL AND VEGETATION AND THE TRUE DIMENSIONS COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Brush Creek Area

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECTED FOR ASBESTOS "SEVERAL YEARS" AGO BUT NO ORE WAS PRODUCED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONRAD, S.G., AND OTHERS, 1963, ANTHOPHYLLITE ASBESTOS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 77, 61P

  • Production

    CONRAD, S.G. AND OTHERS, 1963, N.C. DIV. MIN. RES. BULL. 77.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1974 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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