| Location: | Jackson County, North Carolina, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 35.339, -83.21599 |
| dep_id: | 10025907 |
| mrds_id: | K001884 |
| Commodity type: | metallic and nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Chromium |
| Minor mineral: | Nickel |
| Trace mineral: | Palladium, Rhodium, Vermiculite, Olivine, Platinum |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Chromite, Olivine, Vermiculite |
| gangue: | Chlorite, Talc |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR ORE BODIES WITHIN RING STRUCTURE |
| model: | 16: Podiform chromite (major) |
| alteration: | Weak Serpentinization |
| conc_proc: | Magmatic Segregation Of Chromite And Pgm |
| ore_ctrl: | Magmatic Crystallization Processes |
| Reporter: | Fagan, James M., Whitlow, S., Peterson, Jocelyn A. |
| hrock_unit: | Webster-Addie Dunite Body;Webster-Addie Dunite Body |
| hrock_type: | Dunite |
| arock_unit: | Tallulah Falls Formation;Tallulah Falls Formation; |
| arock_type: | Gneiss |
| Structure: | East Of Brevard Fault Zone, Faulting And Fracturing Along East Rim. Minor Faults Cut Through Deposit |
| tectonic: | Blue Ridge Province |
| prod_yrs: | 1917-1918 |
| References: |
- 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
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