Commodities
PrimaryChromium
SecondaryNickel
TertiaryPalladium, Rhodium, Vermiculite, Olivine, Platinum
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model16: Podiform chromite (major)
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR ORE BODIES WITHIN RING STRUCTURE
Ore controlMagmatic Crystallization Processes
Materials
Ore mineralsChromite, Olivine, Vermiculite
GangueChlorite, Talc
Geology
Host rockDunite · Webster-Addie Dunite Body;Webster-Addie Dunite Body
Associated rockGneiss · Tallulah Falls Formation;Tallulah Falls Formation;
StructureEast Of Brevard Fault Zone, Faulting And Fracturing Along East Rim. Minor Faults Cut Through Deposit
Tectonic settingBlue Ridge Province
AlterationWeak Serpentinization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1917-1918
Identification
Deposit ID10025907
MRDS IDK001884
Alternate namesWebster Deposit, Webster Chromite Prospects
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.339, -83.21599
References
LIPIN, 1984; HUNTER AND OTHERS, 1942; HUNTER, 1941HUNTER, C.E., 1941, FORSTERITE OLIVINE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA: NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 41, P. 91-97.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.LIPIN, B.R., 1984, CHROMITE FROM THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF NORTH CAROLINA: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, V. 284, P. 507-529.MURDOCK, T.G., AND HUNTER, C.E., 1946, THE VERMICULITE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 50, P. 27.HUNTER, D.E., MURDOCK, T.G., AND MACCARTHY, G.R., 1942, CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 42, P. 9-12.1941 GEOLMAP TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, REPORHUNTER, 1941; HUNTER AND OTHERS, 1942