North Carolina · Yancey County
Past Producer

Price Creek Chromite Prospect

Yancey County, North Carolina, United States
IronMagnesiteManganeseAluminumSilicaChromium
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Commodities
TertiaryIron, Magnesite, Manganese, Aluminum, Silica, Chromium
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsAnthophyllite, Chromite, Olivine, Talc
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1870
Identification
Deposit ID10175793
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.87089, -82.37565
References
CHARLES E HUNTER ET AL 1942 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OFCONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN 42 CHROMITE DEPOSITS OFCAROLINA P 9 & PL 4J VOLNEY LEWIS 1922 USGS BULLETIN 725 DEPOSITS OF CHROME ORENORTH CAROLINA PP 132 133JASPER L STUCKEY & STEPHEN G CONRAD 1958 NORTH CAROLINADEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN 71 EXPLANATEXT FOR GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA PP 19-20