North Carolina · Buncombe County
Occurrence

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Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States
OlivineTalc-SoapstoneAsbestosChromiumNickel
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Commodities
PrimaryOlivine, Talc-Soapstone, Asbestos, Chromium, Nickel
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formPOD/LENS AND DISSEMINATED
Ore controlDunite Bodies. Residual Concentrations And Stream Placers For Chromite. Weathering Residual For Nickel.
Materials
Ore mineralsAsbestos, Chromite, Garnierite, Olivine, Talc
GangueChalcedony, Vermiculite
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Bio Horn Migmatite (Unit 2) Roan Gneiss
Tectonic settingBlue Ridge
AlterationSerpentization Of Olivine
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10026473
MRDS IDK005114
Alternate namesPart of Democrat Olivine Body Dunite
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.77038, -82.50736
References
HUNTER, C. E., MURDOCK, T. G., AND MACCARTHY, G. R., 1942, CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERV. AND DEVEL., DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 42, 39 P.HUNTER, C. E., 1941, FORSTERITE OLIVINE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF CONSERV. AND DEVEL., DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES, BULL. 41, 117 P.PRATT, J. H. AND LEWIS, J. V., 1905, CORUNDUM AND THE PERIDOTITES OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA: RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, VOL. 1 464 P.BENTZEN, E. H. III, 1970, CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF SOME NORTH CAROLINA CHROMITE: ECON. GEOL. V. 65 P. 883 - 885.5) MERSCHAT, C. E., IN PROGRESS 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP AND MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE MARS HILL QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NAT. ECON. RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES SECTION GM 191-SE AND MRS 19 1-SE.6) PAWEL, G. W., 1939, NICKEL IN NORTH CAROLINA: THE SO-LONG KNOWN SILICATE ORES OF JACKSON COUNTY ONCE MORE INVITE ATTENTION: ENG. MINING JOUR., V. 140, NO. 10, P. 35 - 38.7) WORTHINGTON, J. E., 1964, AN EXPLORATION PROGRAM FOR NICKEL IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES: ECON. GEOL. V. 59, P. 97 - 109.8) CARPENTER, R. H. AND HALE, R. C. 1967, NICKELIFEROUS SOILS AND STREAM SEDIMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH PERIDOTITES NEAR DEMOCRAT, NORTH CAROLINA: SOUTHEASTERN GEOL. V. 8, NO. 1, P. 9 - 18.5) MERSCHAT, C. E., IN PROGRESS 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP AND MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE MARS HILL QUADRANGLE; NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES SEC. GM 191-SE AND MRS 191-SE1905 COMPILE PRATT AND LEWIS, N. C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY1941 GEOPHYS HUNTER, AND OTHERS, N. C. DEPT. CONS. AND DEV.1942 GEOPHYS HUNTER, AND OTHERS, N. C. DEPT. CONS. DEV.HUNTER, C. E., 1941, FORSTERITE OLIVINE DEPOSITS OF N. CAROLINA AND GEORGIA