| Deposit ID | 10025911 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K001888 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Buck Creek Deposit |
| Related records | 10272330 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -83.61739, 35.08233 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 25 MI EAST OF MURPHY, 2.5 MI UP BUCK CREEK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Clay(county)
North Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Rainbow Springs(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Clay |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Corundum | Primary |
| Vermiculite | Secondary |
| Olivine | Tertiary |
| Chromium Critical | Tertiary |
| Platinum Critical | Tertiary |
| Palladium Critical | Tertiary |
| Rhodium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chromite | Ore |
| Corundum | Ore |
| Olivine | Ore |
| Vermiculite | Ore |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Serpentine | Gangue |
| Result | 5 PPB PT, 11 PPB PD, 0.7 PPB RH IN ROCK SAMPLE |
|---|
| Model code | 16 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 8b |
| Deposit model name | Podiform chromite (major) |
| 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 | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite |
| Rock unit name | Buck Creek Dunite Body |
| Rock description | Buck Creek Dunite Body |
| (1) | -83.61739, 35.08233 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | East Of Brevard Fault Zone |
| Name | BUCK CREEK |
|---|---|
| General form | LENSES |
| Length | 2438.4M |
| Width | 1371.6M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Buck Creek-Shooting Creek Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K001888 |
LIPIN, 1984
HUNTER, C.E., 1941, FORSTERITE OLIVINE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA: NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 41, P. 108-112.
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.
1941 GEOLMAP TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, REPOR
HUNTER, 1941
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF SEVERAL BODIES, SOME OF WHICH HAVE UNDERGONE MUCH ALTERATION. PART OF THE DEPOSIT IS RELATIVELY SOUND |
| 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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