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Unnamed Chromite Mine

Past Producer in Iredell county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Chromium, Iron, Nickel, Magnesite, Zinc
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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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078677
MRDS ID W027141
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Chromite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.77313, 35.88565 (WGS84)
Elevation 235
Relative position 3.9 KM SE OF TURNERSBURG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iredell(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harmony(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salisbury(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Yadkin(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pee Dee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pee Dee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Iredell

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Iron Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Magnesite Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • REPORTED TO HAVE MINED OUT A POD THAT CONTAINED A RAILROAD CAR LOAD OF CHROMITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Steatite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Breakdown Of Ultramafic Rock To Talc And Steatite

Analytical data

Result 5 SAMPLES ANALYZED BY THE SEMIQUANTITATIVE SPECTROGRAPHIC METHOD FOR 34 ELEMENTS.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Hornblende Gneiss;Mica Gneiss
    Rock description Hornblende Gneiss;Mica Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.77313, 35.88565
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD
    Length 10M
    Width 10M

Comments on the geologic information

  • RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY OF THE AREA DOES NOT SHOW THE LOCAL CHANGES OF LITHOLOGIES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1950

Mining district

District name Statesville Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pyler, Ernest ( 1967 )

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTED TO HAVE TAKEN OUT ONE RAILROAD FREIGHT CAR LOAD OF ORE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO ORE RESERVES FOUND BUT POTENTIAL RESOURCES NEVER DETERMINED.
  • POTENTIAL RESOURCES FROM THE AREA NEVER DETERMINED
  • NO RESERVES FOUND.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.01HA
    Overall length 9.14M
    Overall width 10M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA, 1958 , COMPILED BY DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES

  • Deposit

    PYLER, ERNEST, 1967 , ORAL COMMUNICATION.

  • Deposit

    MINE IN HARMONY TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000

  • Deposit

    1967 GEOCHEM J. WHITLOW, ELEMENT CONTEN

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1900'S
Deposit A SINGLE POD FOUND IN ULTRAMAFIC ROCK UNIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Whitlow, Jesse W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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