Mine detail: Dark Ridge Olivine Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.4126, -83.10071

Resource(M)

Primary: Olivine
Secondary: Chromium
Ore: Chromite, Olivine

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1930
First production started: 1930

Geology

Host type:Gneiss
Alteration processes:Very Little Serpentinization Evident

References

MRDSK001893
DEP10025915
Reference{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}
ReporterFagan, James M.