Mine detail: Day Book Chromite Prospect

Previously called 'Ray MineDay Book Olivine QuarryDay Book Quarry'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.96679, -82.28295

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Chromium, Silica
Other material:	Anthophyllite, Asbestos, Chromite, Olivine, Serpentine, Soapstone, Talc
Discovery year:	1870

Production

Operation type:	Surface
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

References

MRDS	K001727
MAS	371990002
DEP	10199889
Reference	{Deposit:: CHARLES E HUNTER ET AL 1942 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF}{Deposit:: CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN 42 CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF}{Deposit:: CAROLINA PP 8 9 & PL 3}{Deposit:: J VOLNEY LEWIS 1922 USGS BULLETIN 725 DEPOSITS OF CHROME ORE}{Deposit:: NORTH CAROLINA PP 133 134}{Deposit:: USBUMINES WAR MINERALS MEMORANDUM 1943 EASTERN REGIONAL FILE}{Deposit:: NORTH CAROLINA CHROME PP 4 5}{Deposit:: JASPER L STUCKEY 1965 NORTH CAROLINA ITS GEOLOGY AND MINERAL}{Deposit:: RESOURCES NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION & DEVELO}{Deposit:: PP 275-277}{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}{Deposit:: JOSEPH H PRATT & JOSEPH V LEWIS 1905 NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGIC}{Deposit:: SURVEY VOLUME 1 CORUNDUM AND THE PERIDOTITES OF WESTERN NORT}{Deposit:: CAROLINA PP 381 382}
Reporter	Lyday, Travis Q.