Mine detail: Dark Ridge Olivine Deposit

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Location: Jackson County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.4126, -83.10071
dep_id: 10025915
mrds_id: K001893
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Olivine
Minor mineral: Chromium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chromite, Olivine
alteration: Very Little Serpentinization Evident
Reporter: Fagan, James M.
hrock_type: Gneiss
Year first produced: 1930
prod_yrs: 1930
References:
  • 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:: HUNTER, C.E. AND OTHERS 1942, CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 42. 39 P.
  • Deposit:: 1941 GEOLMAP TENN. VALLEY AUTHORITY, REPOR
  • Production:: HUNTER, C.E., 1941, N.C. DIV. MIN. RES. BULL. 41
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