Mine detail: Unnamed Asbestos Prospect

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Location: Caldwell County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.89342, -81.68872
dep_id: 10093769
mrds_id: W027133
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Nickel, Tungsten, Asbestos, Chromium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Asbestos, Dunite, Magnetite
orebody_fm: LINEAR
alteration: Weathering
Reporter: Whitlow, Jesse W.
hrock_unit: Gneiss And Schist Of Uncertain Age
hrock_type: Gneiss
arock_unit: Ultramafic Intrusive Of Uncertain Age
arock_type: Ultramafic Intrusive Rock
Structure: Northeastward Strike Of Foliation And Of The Brevard Fault Zone
tectonic: Near West Side Of Inner Piedmont
disc_yr: 1950
References:
  • Deposit:: CLARK, J. W., 1966 , 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:: 1966 GEOCHEM J. WHITLOW, ELEMENT CONTEN
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