Mine detail: Buck Creek Deposit

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Location

Lat / long:

35.08233, -83.61739

Resource(B)

Primary:	Corundum
Secondary:	Vermiculite
Tertiary:	Olivine, Chromium, Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium
Ore:	Chromite, Corundum, Olivine, Vermiculite
Gangue:	Chlorite, Serpentine
Orebody form:	LENSES

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Buck Creek Dunite Body
Host type:	Dunite
Associated rock:	Tallulah Falls Formation;Tallulah Falls Formation
Associated type:	Gneiss
Structure:	East Of Brevard Fault Zone
Tectonic:	Blue Ridge Province
Alteration processes:	Chloritization, Serpentinization

References

MRDS	K001888
DEP	10025911
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. 108-112.}{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:: 1941 GEOLMAP TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, REPOR}{Production:: HUNTER, 1941}
Reporter	Fagan, James M., Peterson, Jocelyn A.