Mine detail: Socrates Corundum Mine

Previously called 'Socrates Asbestos Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.10067, -83.01376

Resource(N)

Primary:	Corundum
Tertiary:	Asbestos
Ore:	Asbestos, Corundum
Gangue:	Chlorite, Tremolite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	188 *
First production started:	1895

Geology

Tectonic:

Folded Blue Ridge

References

MRDS	K002565
DEP	10102341
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Fagan, James M.