Mine detail: Unnamed Chromite Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.88565, -80.77313

Resource(M)

Primary:	Chromium
Tertiary:	Iron, Nickel, Magnesite, Zinc
Ore:	Chromite, Magnetite
Orebody form:	POD
Other material:	Steatite
Discovery year:	1950

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Hornblende Gneiss;Mica Gneiss
Host type:	Gneiss
Tectonic:	Inner Piedmont
Alteration processes:	Breakdown Of Ultramafic Rock To Talc And Steatite

References

MRDS	W027141
DEP	10078677
Reference	{Deposit:: GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA, 1958 , COMPILED BY DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES}{Deposit:: PYLER, ERNEST, 1967 , ORAL COMMUNICATION.}{Deposit:: MINE IN HARMONY TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000}{Deposit:: 1967 GEOCHEM J. WHITLOW, ELEMENT CONTEN}
Reporter	Whitlow, Jesse W.