Unnamed Sample Locality & Nearby Trench

Occurrence in Buncombe county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Chromium, Nickel, Olivine, Talc-Soapstone, Asbestos
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026478
MRDS ID K005121
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Sample Locality & Nearby Trench
Alternate or previous names Part of Democrat Olivine Body Dunite

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.50153, 35.77816 (WGS84)
Relative position 1400' SW OF IVY PARK CHURCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Buncombe(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mars Hill(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
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Olivine Tertiary
Talc-Soapstone Tertiary
Asbestos Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Asbestos Ore
Chromite Ore
Garnierite Ore
Olivine Ore
Talc Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Bio Horn Migmatite (Unit 2) Roan Gneiss
    Rock description Bio Horn Migmatite (Unit 2) Roan Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.50153, 35.77816

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Found In Saprolite And Soils Overlying Dunite Bodies.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • ONLY AN OUTCROP OCCURRENCE OF GARNIERITE. HOWEVER A NEARBY TRENCH 100' LONG, 3' DEEP & STRIKING N 60 DEG W MAY HAVE BEEN CUT IN SEARCH OF NICKEL OR SOME OTHER DUNITE RELATED MINERALIZATION.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: ACCORDING TO WORTHINGTON, 1964, THE GRADE WAS ADEQUATE, BUT THE TONAGE WAS LOW.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAWEL, G. W., 1939, NICKEL IN NORTH CAROLINA: THE SO-LONG KNOWN SILICATE ORES OF JACKSON COUNTY ONCE MORE INVITE ATTENTION: ENG. MINING JOUR., V. 140, NO. 10, P. 35-38.

  • Deposit

    HUNTER, C. E., 1941, FORSERITE OLOVINE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF CONSERV. AND DEVEL., DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 41, 117 P.

  • Deposit

    HUNTER, C. E., MURDOCK, J. G., MACCARTHY, G. R., 1942, CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF CONSERV. AND DEVEL., DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 42, 39 P.

  • Deposit

    WORTHINGTON, J. E., 1964, AN EXPLORATION PROGRAM FOR NICKEL IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES: ECON. GEOL. V. 59, P. 97 - 109.

  • Deposit

    5) CARPENTER, R. H. AND HALE, R. C., 1967, NICKELIFEROUS SOILS AND STREAM SEDIMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH PERIDOTITES NEAR DEMOCRAT, NORTH CAROLINA: SOUTHEASTERN GEOL., V. 8, NO. 1, P. 9 - 18.

  • Deposit

    6) MERSCHAT, C. E., IN PROGRESS 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP AND MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE MARS HILL QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF NAT. & ECON. RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES SECTION GM 191-SE AND MRS 191-SE.

  • Deposit

    7) RAY, J. A., 1962, HOLCOMBE BRANCH AND DEMOCRAT DUNITE BODIES, MADISON AND BUNCOMBE COUNTIES, NORTH CAROLINA: UNPUBLISHED MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE, NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, 97 P.

  • Deposit

    6) MERSCHAT, C. E., IN PROGRESS 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP AND MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE MARS HILL QUADRANGLE; NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES SEC. GM 191-SE AND MRS 191-SE

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOCHEM WORTHINGTON, J. E., ECON. GEOL., V. 59, P. 97 - 109

  • Deposit

    1967 GEOCHEM TVA, SE GEOL., V. 8, NO. 1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Merschat, Carl E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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