North Carolina · Buncombe County
Occurrence

Western No Carolina Nickel Lateri

Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States
ChromiumNickelIronCobalt
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Commodities
TertiaryChromium, Nickel, Iron, Cobalt
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Other materialsAugite, Chromite, Enstatite, Forsterite, Garnierite
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10127251
Alternate namesTes
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.6504, -82.79047
References
ROSS C SHANNON E AND GONYER THE ORIGIN OF NICKEL SILICATES AWEBSTER NO CAROLINA ECON GEOL VOL 23 1928 PGS 528-552CORNWALL H R USGS BULL 1223 NICKEL DEPOSITS OF NO AMERICA 19CORNWALL H R USGS PP 820 NICKEL CHAPTER PGS 437-442 1973WORTHINGTON J AN EXPLORATION PROGRAM FOR NICKEL IN THE SOUTHUNITED STATES ECON GEOL VOL 59 1964 PP 97-109THAYER HOBBS MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE APPALACHIAN REGION USG580 1968 PGS 375-377CARPENTER R H HALE R NICKELIFEROUS SOILS AND STREAM SEDIMENTASSOCIATED WITH PERIDOTITES NEAR DEMOCRAT NO CAROLINA SOUTHEERN GEOL VOL 7 NO 1 DEC 1965PAWEL MINING AND METALLURGY VOL 24 PG 278 1943PAWEL G W NICKEL IN NO CAROLINA-ENGIN JOURNAL VOL 140 NO 101939 PGS 35-38PERSONAL COMMUNICATION HENRY CORNWALL USGS MENLO PARK CALHUNTER C CHROMITE IN WESTERN NO CAROLINA AND GEORGIA TVA GEOOGIC BULL NO 10 PT 2 1938BARLOW A E ON THE NICKEL DEPOSITS OF WEBSTER W NO CAROLINA -CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY JOUR 1906 PP 303MURDOCK HUNTER MACCARTHY CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF NO CAROLINA NOROLINA BULL NO 42 1942HUNTER C FOSTERITE OLIVINE DEPOSITS OF NO CAR AND GA NO CARDEPT CONSER & DEVEL BULL NO 41 1941USBM IC 8469 AVAILABILITY OF U S PRIMARY NICKEL RESOURCES 19