Mine detail: Clinchfield Lime Quarry

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.88569, -81.94044

Resource(B)

Primary: Dolomite
Tertiary: Iron, Sulfur
Discovery year: 1916

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: METAMORPHOSED CHEMICAL SEDIMENT
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1916

Geology

Structure:TABLEROCK THRUST SHEET, NE THRUST SYSTEM

References

MRDSW028501
DEP60001761
Reference{Deposit:: BRYANT, BRUCE, AND REED, J. C., JR., 1970, GEOLOGY OF THE GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN WINDOW AND VICINITY, NORTH CAROLINA AND TENNESEE, US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 615, TEXT 190 P., MINE LOCATED BY SYMBOL ON GEOL. MAP AT 1:62,500.}{Deposit:: BRYANT, BRUCE, AND REED, J. C., JR., 1966, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN WINDOW AND VICINITY, NORTH CAROLINA, US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 521, TEXT 13 P.}{Deposit:: QUARRY IN LINVILLE FALLS TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000.}{Deposit:: CONRAD, S. G., 1960, CRYSTALLINE LIMESTONE OF THE PIEDMONT AND MOUNTAIN REGIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. CONSERV. AND DEVEL., DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 74, TEXT 56 P., MINE TEXT P. 35.}