Mine detail: Webster Peridotite Deposit

Previously called 'Webster DepositWebster Chromite Prospects'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.339, -83.21599

Resource(B)

Primary:	Chromium
Secondary:	Nickel
Tertiary:	Palladium, Rhodium, Vermiculite, Olivine, Platinum
Ore:	Chromite, Olivine, Vermiculite
Gangue:	Chlorite, Talc
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR ORE BODIES WITHIN RING STRUCTURE

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1917-1918

Geology

Host rock:	Webster-Addie Dunite Body;Webster-Addie Dunite Body
Host type:	Dunite
Associated rock:	Tallulah Falls Formation;Tallulah Falls Formation;
Associated type:	Gneiss
Structure:	East Of Brevard Fault Zone, Faulting And Fracturing Along East Rim. Minor Faults Cut Through Deposit
Tectonic:	Blue Ridge Province
Alteration processes:	Weak Serpentinization

References

MRDS	K001884
DEP	10025907
Reference	{Analytical Data:: LIPIN, 1984; HUNTER AND OTHERS, 1942; HUNTER, 1941}{Deposit:: HUNTER, C.E., 1941, FORSTERITE OLIVINE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA: NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 41, P. 91-97.}{Deposit:: LARRABEE, D.M., AND SWEENEY, J.W., 1968, OLIVINE, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE APPALACHIAN REGION: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 580, P. 326-327.}{Deposit:: LIPIN, B.R., 1984, CHROMITE FROM THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF NORTH CAROLINA: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, V. 284, P. 507-529.}{Deposit:: MURDOCK, T.G., AND HUNTER, C.E., 1946, THE VERMICULITE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 50, P. 27.}{Deposit:: HUNTER, D.E., MURDOCK, T.G., AND MACCARTHY, G.R., 1942, CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 42, P. 9-12.}{Deposit:: 1941 GEOLMAP TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, REPOR}{Production:: HUNTER, 1941; HUNTER AND OTHERS, 1942}
Reporter	Fagan, James M., Whitlow, S., Peterson, Jocelyn A.