Commodities
PrimaryOlivine, Talc-Soapstone
SecondaryChromium, Vermiculite
TertiaryNickel, Asbestos, Palladium, Rhodium, Platinum
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model16: Podiform chromite (major)
Deposit sizeU
Orebody formRING STRUCTURE
Ore controlMagmatic Crystallization Processes
Materials
Ore mineralsAsbestos, Chromite, Olivine, Talc, Vermiculite
GangueChlorite
Geology
Host rockDunite · Webster-Addie Dunite Body;Webster-Addie Dunite Body
Associated rockGneiss · Tallulah Falls Formation;Tallulah Falls Formation;Tallulah Falls Formation
StructureEast Of Brevard Fault Zone, Small Faults
Tectonic settingBlue Ridge Province
AlterationSerpentinization
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10025906
MRDS IDK001883
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.39871, -83.15849
References
LIPIN, 1984HUNTER, C.E., 1941, FORSTERITE OLIVINE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA: NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 41, P. 80-87.LARRABEE, D.M., AND SWEENEY, J.W., 1968, OLIVINE, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE APPALACHIAN REGION: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 580, P. 326-327.HUNTER, C.E., AND OTHERS, 1942, CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 42, P. 12-14.MURDOCK, T.G., AND HUNTER, C.E., 1946, THE VERMICULITE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 50, P. 22.LIPIN, B.R., 1984, CHROMITE FROM THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF NORTH CAROLINA: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, V. 284, P. 507-529.1941 GEOLMAP TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, REPORHUNTER, 1941