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Research about Buncombe County, North Carolina

Source-linked reports with geographic coverage including Buncombe County, North Carolina.

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USGS1980

Analyses and description of geochemical samples, Craggy Mountain Extension, Buncombe County, North Carolina

Semiquantitative spectrographic analyses for 31 elements and atomic—absorption analyses for gold and zinc on 6 bulk stream sediments, 20 soil, and 19 rock samples from the Craggy Mountain Extension area and vicinity, Buncombe County, North Carolina, are reported here in detail. Locations for all samples are given in Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinates. Brief descriptions of rock samples are also included. Rocks analyzed include mica—garnet—kyanite schist, mica—quartz gneiss, vein quartz, and amphibolite. The data contain no obviously anomalous values that might be related to mineralized rock.

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USGS1978

Mineral resources of the Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area, Buncombe County, North Carolina

The Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area covers about 550 hectares of the Pisgah National Forest in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina (fig. 1). The area is 21 km northeast of Asheville, Buncombe County, N.C., and 11 km southwest of Mount Mitchell, the highest point in eastern North America. The study area is bounded on the southeast by the Blue Ridge Parkway, on the northeast by Bullhead Ridge, and on the southwest and west by Big Fork Ridge (Plate 1b). It includes all of the Craggy Mountain scenic area established by the Forest Service in 1961 and some additional land west of Bearwallow Branch and along the middle part of Carter Creek for a short distance beyond the mouth of Peach Orchard Creek.

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USGS1978

Analyses and description of geochemical samples, Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study area, Buncombe County, North Carolina

Semiquantitative spectrographic analyses for 30 elements and atomic absorption analyses for gold and zinc on 24 bulk stream sediments, 22 panned concentrates, and 50 rock samples from the Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study area and vicinity, Buncombe County, North Carolina, are reported here in detail. Locations for all samples are given in Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinates. Brief descriptions of rock samples are also included. Rocks analyzed include mica-garnet-kyanite schist, mica-quartz gneiss, vein quartz, pegmatite, trondhjemite and amphibolite. The data contain no obviously anomalous values that might be related to mineralized rock.

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