Mine detail: Deposit Number Nine

Previously called 'Deposit #9Ellijay Chromite ProspectHigdon Asbestos MineMcguire Or Maguire Vermiculite Property'

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Location

Lat / long: 35.19067, -83.27682

Resource(B)

Primary: Vermiculite
Secondary: Asbestos
Tertiary: Olivine, Chromium, Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium
Ore: Asbestos, Chromite, Olivine, Vermiculite
Gangue: Chlorite, Talc
Orebody form: LENS

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Deposit #9 Dunite Body
Host type:Dunite
Associated rock:Tallulah Falls Formation;Tallulah Falls Formation
Associated type:Gneiss
Structure:East Of Brevard Fault Zone, Small Faults
Tectonic:Blue Ridge Province
Alteration processes:Serpentinization Is Sparse

References

MRDSK001886
DEP10025909
Reference{Analytical Data:: LIPIN, 1984}{Deposit:: HUNTER, C.E., 1941, FORSTERITE OLIVINE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA: NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 41, P. 100-102}{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:: MURDOCK, T.G., AND HUNTER, C.E., 1946, THE VERMICULITE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 50, P. 28-31.}{Deposit:: CONRAD, S.G., AND OTHERS, 1963, ANTHOPHYLLITE ASBESTOS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 77, P. 40-42.}{Deposit:: LIPIN, B.R., 1984, CHROMITE FROM THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF NORTH CAROLINA: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, V. 284, P. 507-529.}{Deposit:: HUNTER, C.E., AND MURDOCK, T.G., 1942, CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 42, P. 16.}{Deposit:: 1941 GEOLMAP TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, REPOR}{Production:: HUNTER, 1941; HUNTER AND MURDOCK, 1942}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A., Fagan, James M.