Mine detail: Unnamed Sample Locality & Nearby Trench

Previously called 'Part of Democrat Olivine Body Dunite'

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Location: Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.77816, -82.50153
dep_id: 10026478
mrds_id: K005121
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Trace mineral: Chromium, Nickel, Olivine, Talc-Soapstone, Asbestos
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Asbestos, Chromite, Garnierite, Olivine, Talc
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
conc_proc: Weathering (Residual Concentration)
ore_ctrl: Found In Saprolite And Soils Overlying Dunite Bodies.
Reporter: Merschat, Carl E.
hrock_unit: Bio Horn Migmatite (Unit 2) Roan Gneiss
hrock_type: Gneiss
tectonic: Blue Ridge
References:
  • Deposit:: PAWEL, G. W., 1939, NICKEL IN NORTH CAROLINA: THE SO-LONG KNOWN SILICATE ORES OF JACKSON COUNTY ONCE MORE INVITE ATTENTION: ENG. MINING JOUR., V. 140, NO. 10, P. 35-38.
  • Deposit:: HUNTER, C. E., 1941, FORSERITE OLOVINE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF CONSERV. AND DEVEL., DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 41, 117 P.
  • Deposit:: HUNTER, C. E., MURDOCK, J. G., MACCARTHY, G. R., 1942, CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF CONSERV. AND DEVEL., DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 42, 39 P.
  • Deposit:: WORTHINGTON, J. E., 1964, AN EXPLORATION PROGRAM FOR NICKEL IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES: ECON. GEOL. V. 59, P. 97 - 109.
  • Deposit:: 5) CARPENTER, R. H. AND HALE, R. C., 1967, NICKELIFEROUS SOILS AND STREAM SEDIMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH PERIDOTITES NEAR DEMOCRAT, NORTH CAROLINA: SOUTHEASTERN GEOL., V. 8, NO. 1, P. 9 - 18.
  • Deposit:: 6) MERSCHAT, C. E., IN PROGRESS 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP AND MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE MARS HILL QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF NAT. & ECON. RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES SECTION GM 191-SE AND MRS 191-SE.
  • Deposit:: 7) RAY, J. A., 1962, HOLCOMBE BRANCH AND DEMOCRAT DUNITE BODIES, MADISON AND BUNCOMBE COUNTIES, NORTH CAROLINA: UNPUBLISHED MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE, NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, 97 P.
  • Deposit:: 6) MERSCHAT, C. E., IN PROGRESS 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP AND MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE MARS HILL QUADRANGLE; NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES SEC. GM 191-SE AND MRS 191-SE
  • Deposit:: 1964 GEOCHEM WORTHINGTON, J. E., ECON. GEOL., V. 59, P. 97 - 109
  • Deposit:: 1967 GEOCHEM TVA, SE GEOL., V. 8, NO. 1
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