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Deposit Number Nine

Past Producer in Macon county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Vermiculite, Asbestos, Olivine, Chromium, Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025909
MRDS ID K001886
Record type Site
Current site name Deposit Number Nine
Alternate or previous names Deposit #9, Ellijay Chromite Prospect, Higdon Asbestos Mine, Mcguire Or Maguire Vermiculite Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.27682, 35.19067 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.5 MI SOUTHWEST OF ELLIJAY, ABOUT 5 MI EAST OF FRANKLIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Macon(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Corbin Knob(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fontana Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Little Tennessee(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Nantahala National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Croatan National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

National Forests in North Carolina(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Macon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vermiculite Primary
Asbestos Secondary
Olivine Tertiary
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Palladium Critical Tertiary
Rhodium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Asbestos Ore
Chromite Ore
Olivine Ore
Vermiculite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Talc Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Serpentinization Is Sparse

Analytical data

Result 12 PPB PT, 11 PPB PD, 1.5 PPB RH IN ROCK SAMPLE

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 16
USGS model code 8b
Deposit model name Podiform chromite (major)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Tallulah Falls Formation;Tallulah Falls Formation
    Rock description Tallulah Falls Formation;Tallulah Falls Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite
    Rock unit name Deposit #9 Dunite Body
    Rock description Deposit #9 Dunite Body

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.27682, 35.19067
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description East Of Brevard Fault Zone
Type of structure Local
Structure description Small Faults

Ore body information

  • Name DEPOSIT #9
    General form LENS
    Length 304.8M
    Width 304.8M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Magmatic Crystallization Processes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ellijay Area

Comments on the workings information

  • VEINS OF VERMICULITE WORKED EXTENSIVELY IN DRIFTS AND OPEN CUTS. VEINS OF ASBESTOS PROSPECTED AND WORKED. PROSPECT PIT IN CHROMITE LENS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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. 100-102

  • 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

    MURDOCK, T.G., AND HUNTER, C.E., 1946, THE VERMICULITE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 50, P. 28-31.

  • Deposit

    CONRAD, S.G., AND OTHERS, 1963, ANTHOPHYLLITE ASBESTOS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 77, P. 40-42.

  • Deposit

    LIPIN, B.R., 1984, CHROMITE FROM THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF NORTH CAROLINA: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, V. 284, P. 507-529.

  • Deposit

    HUNTER, C.E., AND MURDOCK, T.G., 1942, CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 42, P. 16.

  • Deposit

    1941 GEOLMAP TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, REPOR

  • Production

    HUNTER, 1941; HUNTER AND MURDOCK, 1942

  • Reserve-Resource

    HUNTER, 1941

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ULTRAMAFIC BODY IS COMPOSED OF MEDIUM-GRAINED DUNITE CONTAINING LIGHT GREEN, FRESH, FRIABLE OLIVINE. THE DEPOSIT IS THICKLY INTERSECTED WITH SMALL FAULTS FILLED WITH HIGH-GRADE LIGHT-GREEN VERMICULITE. NEAR SOUTHERN EXTREMITY THERE IS A CONCENTRATION OF MASSIVE CHROMITE IN SMALL LENSES. MOST OF CHROMITE IS ON NORTHERN SIDE AS DISSEMINATES CRYSTALS IN THE GRANULAR OLIVINE. CROSS-FIBER ASBESTOS VEINS ARE UP TO 8 IN. WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1974 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1993 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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