Mine detail: Socrates Corundum Mine

Previously called 'Socrates Asbestos Prospect'

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Location: Transylvania County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.10067, -83.01376
dep_id: 10102341
mrds_id: K002565
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Corundum
Trace mineral: Asbestos
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Asbestos, Corundum
gangue: Chlorite, Tremolite
Reporter: Fagan, James M.
tectonic: Folded Blue Ridge
Year first produced: 1895
prod_yrs: 188*
References:
  • Deposit:: CONRAD, S.G., AND OTHERS, 1963, ANTHOPHYLLITE ASBESTOS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 77, 61P.
  • Deposit:: PRATT, J.H., AND LEWIS, J.V., 1905, CORUNDUM AND THE PERIDOTITES OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (REPT.) VOL. 1, 440P.
  • Deposit:: 1905 RECON PRATT AND LEWIS, REPORT
  • Deposit:: 1966 RECON CONRAD, REPORT
  • Production:: PRATT AND LEWIS, 1905, P. 44.
  • Reserve-Resource:: CONRAD, S.G., 1963, P. 32.
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