Commodities
PrimaryVermiculite
SecondaryAsbestos
TertiaryOlivine, Chromium, Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model16: Podiform chromite (major)
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formLENS
Ore controlMagmatic Crystallization Processes
Materials
Ore mineralsAsbestos, Chromite, Olivine, Vermiculite
GangueChlorite, Talc
Geology
Host rockDunite · Deposit #9 Dunite Body
Associated rockGneiss · Tallulah Falls Formation;Tallulah Falls Formation
StructureEast Of Brevard Fault Zone, Small Faults
Tectonic settingBlue Ridge Province
AlterationSerpentinization Is Sparse
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10025909
MRDS IDK001886
Alternate namesHigdon Asbestos Mine, Mcguire Or Maguire Vermiculite Property, Deposit #9, Ellijay Chromite Prospect
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.19067, -83.27682
References
LIPIN, 1984HUNTER, C.E., 1941, FORSTERITE OLIVINE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA: NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 41, P. 100-102LARRABEE, 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.MURDOCK, T.G., AND HUNTER, C.E., 1946, THE VERMICULITE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 50, P. 28-31.CONRAD, S.G., AND OTHERS, 1963, ANTHOPHYLLITE ASBESTOS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 77, P. 40-42.LIPIN, B.R., 1984, CHROMITE FROM THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF NORTH CAROLINA: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, V. 284, P. 507-529.HUNTER, C.E., AND MURDOCK, T.G., 1942, CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 42, P. 16.1941 GEOLMAP TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, REPORHUNTER, 1941; HUNTER AND MURDOCK, 1942