TertiaryChromium, Aluminum, Magnesite, Silica, Iron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Other materialsAnthophyllite, Chlorite, Chromite, Kaolin, Olivine, Talc
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1870
Identification
Deposit ID10248633
MRDS IDK001883
Alternate namesSoapstone Gap Area Chromite
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.3987, -83.15928
References
CHARLES E HUNTER ET AL 1942 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OFCONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN 42 CHROMITE DEPOSITS OFCAROLINA PP 12-14 & PL 6J VOLNEY LEWIS 1922 USGS BULLETIN 725 DEPOSITS OF CHROME ORENORTH CAROLINA P 129JASPER L STUCKEY & STEPHEN G CONRAD 1965 NORTH CAROLINADEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN 71 EXPLANATEXT FOR GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA PP 19-20