Mine detail: Balsam Gap Olivine Deposit

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Location

Lat / long:

35.42566, -83.09544

Resource(B)

Primary:	Olivine
Tertiary:	Chromium, Talc-Soapstone, Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium
Ore:	Chromite, Olivine, Talc
Orebody form:	LENS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1933
First production started:	1933

Geology

Host rock:	Balsam Gap Dunite Body
Host type:	Dunite
Associated rock:	Tallulah Falls Formation;Tallulah Falls Formation
Associated type:	Gneiss
Structure:	East Of Brevard Fault Zone, Numerous Faults And Joints Creating Large Blocks
Tectonic:	Blue Ridge
Alteration processes:	Serpentinization

References

MRDS	K001892
DEP	10102296
Reference	{Analytical Data:: LIPIN, 1984}{Deposit:: HUNTER, C.E., 1941, FORSTERITE OLIVINE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA: NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 41, P. 67-74.}{Deposit:: LARRABEE, D.M., AND SWEENEY, J.W., 1968, OLIVINE, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE APPALACHIAN REGION: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 580, P. 326-327.}{Deposit:: LIPIN, B.R., 1984, CHROMITE FROM THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF NORTH CAROLINA: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, V. 284, P. 507-529.}{Deposit:: 1941 GEOLMAP TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, REPOR}{Production:: HUNTER, 1941}
Reporter	Fagan, James M., Peterson, Jocelyn A.