Mine detail: Moores Knob Olivine Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.19594, -83.25544

Resource(B)

Primary: Vermiculite, Corundum
Tertiary: Olivine
Ore: Corundum, Olivine, Vermiculite
Orebody form: LENS

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Gneiss
Alteration processes:Serpentinization

References

MRDSK001881
DEP10025904
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}
ReporterFagan, James M.