Mine detail: Moores Knob Olivine Deposit

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Location: Macon County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.19594, -83.25544
dep_id: 10025904
mrds_id: K001881
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Vermiculite, Corundum
Trace mineral: Olivine
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Corundum, Olivine, Vermiculite
orebody_fm: LENS
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:: 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
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