Commodities
PrimaryOlivine
TertiaryChromium, Talc-Soapstone, Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model16: Podiform chromite (major)
Deposit sizeU
Orebody formLENS
Ore controlMagmatic Crystallization Processes
Materials
Ore mineralsChromite, Olivine, Talc
Geology
Host rockDunite · Balsam Gap Dunite Body
Associated rockGneiss · Tallulah Falls Formation;Tallulah Falls Formation
StructureEast Of Brevard Fault Zone, Numerous Faults And Joints Creating Large Blocks
Tectonic settingBlue Ridge
AlterationSerpentinization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1933
First production1933
Identification
Deposit ID10102296
MRDS IDK001892
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.42566, -83.09544
References
LIPIN, 1984HUNTER, C.E., 1941, FORSTERITE OLIVINE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA: NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 41, P. 67-74.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. 507-529.1941 GEOLMAP TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, REPORHUNTER, 1941