Mine detail: Bad Creek Prospect

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Location: Jackson County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.09928, -83.0182
dep_id: 10026097
mrds_id: K002564
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Corundum
Trace mineral: Asbestos
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Asbestos, Corundum
orebody_fm: LEN
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Fagan, James M.
hrock_type: Gneiss
tectonic: Folded Blue Ridge
Year first produced: 1895
References:
  • Deposit:: CONRAD, S.G., AND OTHERS, 1963, ANTHOPHYLLITE ASBESTOS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 77, 61P
  • Deposit:: 1963 RECON CONRAD, S. G., REPOR
  • Production:: CONRAD, S.G., 1963
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