TertiarySilica, Chromium, Aluminum, Magnesite, Iron
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsAnthophyllite, Asbestos, Chromite, Olivine, Serpentine, Soapstone, Talc
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1870
Identification
Deposit ID10199889
MRDS IDK001727
Alternate namesDay Book Quarry, Ray Mine, Day Book Olivine Quarry
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.96679, -82.28295
References
CHARLES E HUNTER ET AL 1942 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OFCONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN 42 CHROMITE DEPOSITS OFCAROLINA PP 8 9 & PL 3J VOLNEY LEWIS 1922 USGS BULLETIN 725 DEPOSITS OF CHROME ORENORTH CAROLINA PP 133 134USBUMINES WAR MINERALS MEMORANDUM 1943 EASTERN REGIONAL FILENORTH CAROLINA CHROME PP 4 5JASPER L STUCKEY 1965 NORTH CAROLINA ITS GEOLOGY AND MINERALRESOURCES NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION & DEVELOPP 275-277JASPER L STUCKEY & STEPHEN G CONRAD 1958 NORTH CAROLINADEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN 71 EXPLANATEXT FOR GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA PP 19-20JOSEPH H PRATT & JOSEPH V LEWIS 1905 NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICSURVEY VOLUME 1 CORUNDUM AND THE PERIDOTITES OF WESTERN NORTCAROLINA PP 381 382