Mine detail: Holcombe Branch Olivine Deposit

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Location: Madison County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.80677, -82.4843
dep_id: 10025780
mrds_id: K001725
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Olivine
Minor mineral: Corundum
Trace mineral: Chromium, Talc-Soapstone
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chromite, Corundum, Olivine, Talc
alteration: Serpentinization
Reporter: Fagan, James M.
hrock_type: Gneiss
References:
  • Deposit:: HUNTER, C.E., 1941, FORSTERITE OLIVINE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 41. 117 P.
  • Deposit:: LARRABEE, D.M. AND SWEENEY, J.W., 1968, OLIVINE IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE APPALACHIAN REGION: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 580, P. 326-327.
  • Deposit:: HUNTER, C.E. AND MURDOCK, T.G., 1946, THE VERMICULITE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 50, 44 P.
  • Deposit:: CARPENTER, R.H. AND HALE, R.C., 1967, NICKELIFEROUS SOILS AND STREAM SEDIMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH PERIDOTITES NEAR DEMOCRAT, NORTH CAROLINA: SOUTHEASTERN GEOLOGY, VOL. 8, NO. 1, P. 9-18.
  • Deposit:: 1941 GEOLMAP TENN. VALLEY AUTHORITY, REPOR
  • Production:: HUNTER, C.E., 1941, N.C. DIV. MIN. RES. BULL. 41
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