North Carolina · Buncombe County
Occurrence

Unnamed Sample Locality & Nearby Trench

Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States
ChromiumNickelOlivineTalc-SoapstoneAsbestos
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Commodities
TertiaryChromium, Nickel, Olivine, Talc-Soapstone, Asbestos
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFound In Saprolite And Soils Overlying Dunite Bodies.
Materials
Ore mineralsAsbestos, Chromite, Garnierite, Olivine, Talc
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Bio Horn Migmatite (Unit 2) Roan Gneiss
Tectonic settingBlue Ridge
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10026478
MRDS IDK005121
Alternate namesPart of Democrat Olivine Body Dunite
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.77816, -82.50153
References
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.HUNTER, C. E., 1941, FORSERITE OLOVINE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF CONSERV. AND DEVEL., DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 41, 117 P.HUNTER, C. E., MURDOCK, J. G., MACCARTHY, G. R., 1942, CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF CONSERV. AND DEVEL., DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 42, 39 P.WORTHINGTON, J. E., 1964, AN EXPLORATION PROGRAM FOR NICKEL IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES: ECON. GEOL. V. 59, P. 97 - 109.5) 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 - 18.6) MERSCHAT, C. E., IN PROGRESS 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP AND MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE MARS HILL QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF NAT. & ECON. RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES SECTION GM 191-SE AND MRS 191-SE.7) RAY, J. A., 1962, HOLCOMBE BRANCH AND DEMOCRAT DUNITE BODIES, MADISON AND BUNCOMBE COUNTIES, NORTH CAROLINA: UNPUBLISHED MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE, NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, 97 P.6) MERSCHAT, C. E., IN PROGRESS 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP AND MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE MARS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-SE1964 GEOCHEM WORTHINGTON, J. E., ECON. GEOL., V. 59, P. 97 - 1091967 GEOCHEM TVA, SE GEOL., V. 8, NO. 1