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Newfound Gap Olivine Deposit

Occurrence in Buncombe county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Olivine, Chromium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025779
MRDS ID K001724
Record type Site
Current site name Newfound Gap Olivine Deposit
Related records 10127312

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.77043, 35.57649 (WGS84)
Relative position IN NEWFOUND GAP ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF ASHEVILLE AND 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF CANTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Buncombe(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Canton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Asheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper French Broad(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Buncombe

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Olivine Tertiary
Chromium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Olivine Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Serpentinization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.77043, 35.57649
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 304.8M
    Width 76.2M

Comments on the geologic information

  • OLIVINE IS LIGHT GREEN GRANULAR FRIABLE WITH CRYSTALS AND BLEBS OF CHROMITE THROUGHOUT THE MASS. OLIVINE IS SOUND AND SHOWS LITTLE SERPENTINIZATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Canton-Democrat Area

Comments on the workings information

  • DUNITE OCCURS ABOVE LOCAL DRAINAGE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTER, C.E., 1941, FORSTERITE OLIVINE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 41. 117 P.

  • Deposit

    LARRABEE, D.M. AND SWEENEY, J.W., 1968, OLIVINE IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE APPALACHIAN REGION: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 580, P. 326-327.

  • Deposit

    1941 GEOLMAP TENN. VALLEY AUTHORITY, REPOR

  • Reserve-Resource

    NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 41

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1974 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

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