Mine detail: Democrat Chromite Prospect

Previously called 'T MineDemocrat Chromite Placer DepositIvy River-Democrat Chromite DeposIts'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.7848, -82.49126

Resource(B)

Tertiary:	Sulfur, Chromium, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Iron
Other material:	Anthophyllite, Biotite, Chlorite, Chromite, Chrysotile, Corundum, Enstatite, Garnet, Garnierite, Magnetite, Olivine, Serpentine, Soapstone, Talc, Vermiculite
Discovery year:	1870

Production

Operation type:	Surface
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

References

MAS	370210003
DEP	10175213
Reference	{Deposit:: CHARLES E HUNTER ET AL 1942 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF}{Deposit:: CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN 42 CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF}{Deposit:: CAROLINA PP 1-2, 4-7, 24-26, 33-35 & PL 2, 16-17, 19}{Deposit:: JASPER L STUCKEY 1965 NORTH CAROLINA ITS GEOLOGY AND MINERAL}{Deposit:: RESOURCES NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION & DEVELO}{Deposit:: PP 275-277}{Deposit:: USBUMINES WAR MINERALS MEMORANDUM 1943 EASTERN REGIONAL FILE}{Deposit:: NORTH CAROLINA CHROME P 5}{Deposit:: J VOLNEY LEWIS 1922 USGS BULLETIN 725 DEPOSITS OF CHROME ORE}{Deposit:: NORTH CAROLINA PP 130-132}{Deposit:: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 580 1968 MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE}{Deposit:: APPALACHIAN REGION PP 372-374}{Deposit:: HERMAN J BRYSON 1937 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATI}{Deposit:: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC PAPER 64 THE MINING INDUSTRY IN NORTH}{Deposit:: CAROLINA FROM 1929 TO 1936 PP 29-31}{Deposit:: THOMAS G MURDOCK 1946 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVAT}{Deposit:: AND DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC PAPER 65 THE MINING INDUSTRY IN NOR}{Deposit:: CAROLINA FROM 1937 TO 1945 P 7}{Deposit:: JASPER L STUCKEY & STEPHEN G CONRAD 1958 NORTH CAROLINA}{Deposit:: DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN 71 EXPLANA}{Deposit:: TEXT FOR GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA PP 19-20}
Reporter	Lyday, Travis Q.