Mine detail: Corundum Hill Olivine Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.14817, -83.28877

Resource(B)

Primary:	Corundum, Vermiculite
Tertiary:	Olivine, Nickel
Ore:	Corundum, Olivine, Vermiculite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1910 (CORUNDUM) 1933 (VERMICULITE)
First production started:	1910

Geology

Host type:	Gneiss
Alteration processes:	Serpentinization

References

MRDS	K001880
DEP	10025903
Reference	{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:: MURDOCK, T.G. AND HUNTER, C.E., 1946, THE VERMICULITE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 50, 44 P.}{Deposit:: 1941 GEOLMAP TENN. VALLEY AUTHORITY, REPOR}{Production:: HUNTER, C.E., 1941, N.C. DIV. MIN. RES. BULL. 41}
Reporter	Fagan, James M.