North Carolina · Jackson County
Past Producer

Webster Chromite Prospects

Jackson County, North Carolina, United States
IronSilicaMagnesiteChromium
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Commodities
TertiaryIron, Silica, Magnesite, Chromium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsSurface, Underground
Materials
Other materialsActinolite, Asbestos, Bronzite, Chalcedony, Chlorite, Chromite, Garnierite, Ilmenite, Limonite, Magnetite, Olivine, Quartz, Serpentine, Soapstone, Talc, Vermiculite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1870
Identification
Deposit ID10272277
MRDS IDK001884
Alternate namesWebster Nickel-Chromite Prospect
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.33231, -83.20048
References
CHARLES E HUNTER ET AL 1942 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OFCONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN 42 CHROMITE DEPOSITS OFCAROLINA PP 1-2 9-12 22-24 26-32 & PL 5 9-12JASPER L STUCKEY 1965 NORTH CAROLINA ITS GEOLOGY AND MINERALRESOURCES NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION & DEVELOPP 275-277USBUMINES WAR MINERALS MEMORANDUM 1943 EASTERN REGIONAL FILENORTH CAROLINA CHROME PP 6-7 9J VOLNEY LEWIS 1922 USGS BULLETIN 725 DEPOSITS OF CHROME ORENORTH CAROLINA PP 122-128JASPER L STUCKEY & STEPHEN G CONRAD 1958 NORTH CAROLINADEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN 71 EXPLANATEXT FOR GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA PP 19-20