Mine detail: Morgan Hill Chromite Prospect

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Location:	Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long:	35.77177, -82.5068
dep_id:	10026486
mrds_id:	K005129
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Chromium, Olivine
Trace mineral:	Nickel, Talc-Soapstone, Asbestos
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Asbestos, Chromite, Garnierite, Olivine, Talc
gangue:	Chalcedony, Vermiculite
orebody_fm:	POD/LENS
work_type:	Surface/Underground
conc_proc:	Chromite Is Concentrated Through Residual And Mechanical Concentration (Stream Placers) Weathering For Nickel.
ore_ctrl:	Dunite Bodies. Residual Conc. And Stream Placers For Chromite, Weathering Residual For Nickel.
Reporter:	Merschat, Carl E.
hrock_unit:	Bio Horn Migmatite (Unit 2) Roan Gneiss
hrock_type:	Gneiss
tectonic:	Blue Ridge
References:	Deposit:: HUNTER, C. E., MURDOCK, T. G., AND MACCARTHY, G. R., 1942, CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERV. AND DEVEL., DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 42, 39 P. Deposit:: HUNTER, C. E., 1941, FORSTERITE OLIVINE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF CONSERV. AND DEVEL., DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES, BULL. 41, 117 P. Deposit:: PRATT, J. H. AND LEWIS, J. V., 1905, CORUNDUM AND THE PERIDOTITES OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA: RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, VOL. 1 464 P. Deposit:: BENTZEN, E. H. III, 1970, CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF SOME NORTH CAROLINA CHROMITE: ECON. GEOL. V. 65 P. 883-885. Deposit:: 5) MERSCHAT, C. E., IN PROGRESS 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP AND MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE MARS HILL QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NAT. & ECON. RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES SECTION GM 191-SE AND MRS 191-SE. Deposit:: 6) PAWEL, G. W., 1939, NICKEL IN NORTH CAROLINA: THE SO-LONG KNOWN SILICATE ORES OF JACKSON CO. ONCE MORE INVITE ATTENTION: ENG. MINING JOUR. V. 140, NO. 10, P. 35 - 38. Deposit:: 7) WORTHINGTON, J. E., 1964, AN EXPLORATION PROGRAM FOR NICKEL IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES: ECON. GEOL. V. 59, P. 97 - 109. Deposit:: 8) 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:: 5) 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:: 1905 COMPILE PRATT & LEWIS N. C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Deposit:: 1941 COMPILE HUNTER, N. C. DEPT. CONS. & DEVEL. Deposit:: 1942 GEOPHYS HUNTER, ET AL., N. C. DEPT. CONS. & DEVEL. Reserve-Resource:: HUNTER, C. E., 1941, FORSTERITE OLIVINE DEPOSITS OF N. CAROLINA & GEORGIA