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Socrates Corundum Mine (Socrates Asbestos prospect), Lake Toxaway, Transylvania Co., North Carolina, USA

Latitude: 35°6'2"N
Longitude: 83°0'50"W

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Commodities (Major) - Abrasive - Corundum; (Trace) - Asbestos
Development Status: Past Producer
Tectonic Structure: Folded Blue Ridge

Mineral List

Anthophyllite
'Asbestos'
'Chlorite Group'

Chromite
Corundum
Limonite

Magnesite
Magnetite
'Olivine'

'Serpentine Group'
Talc
Tremolite

12 entries listed. 7 valid minerals.

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References

PRATT, J.H., AND LEWIS, J.V. (1905), CORUNDUM AND THE PERIDOTITES OF W(ESTERN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA.

CONRAD, S.G., AND OTHERS (1963), ANTHOPHYLLITE ASBESTOS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 77, 61P.

North Carolina NOA Site Screening Summary Report (2006), Screening of Historic Mines,Historic Asbesto Prospects,and Natural Asbestos Occurrences in North Carolina.

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