Mine detail: Dark Ridge Chromite Prospect

Previously called 'Dark Ridge Creek ChromiteDark Ridge Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.4134, -83.10238

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Aluminum, Chromium, Iron, Magnesite, Silica
Other material:	Chlorite, Chromite, Olivine, Talc
Discovery year:	1870

Production

Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

References

MAS	370990001
DEP	10248874
Reference	{Deposit:: CHARLES E HUNTER ET AL 1942 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF}{Deposit:: CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN 42 CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF}{Deposit:: CAROLINA PP 14 15 & PL 7}{Deposit:: J VOLNEY LEWIS 1922 USGS BULLETIN 725 DEPOSITS OF CHROME ORE}{Deposit:: NORTH CAROLINA PP 129 130}{Deposit:: USBUMINES WAR MINERALS MEMORANDUM 1943 EASTERN REGIONAL FILE}{Deposit:: NORTH CAROLINA CHROME P 6}{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 383 384}{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:: HERMON J BRYSON 1937 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATI}{Deposit:: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC PAPER 64 THE MINING INDUSTRY IN NORTH}{Deposit:: CAROLINA FROM 1929 TO 1936 P 29}
Reporter	Lyday, Travis Q.