Mine detail: Unnamed Chromite Mine

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Location: Iredell County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.88565, -80.77313
dep_id: 10078677
mrds_id: W027141
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Chromium
Trace mineral: Iron, Nickel, Magnesite, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chromite, Magnetite
other_matl: Steatite
orebody_fm: POD
work_type: Surface
alteration: Breakdown Of Ultramafic Rock To Talc And Steatite
Reporter: Whitlow, Jesse W.
hrock_unit: Hornblende Gneiss;Mica Gneiss
hrock_type: Gneiss
tectonic: Inner Piedmont
disc_yr: 1950
References:
  • 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
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