| Deposit ID | 10127251 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0370210004 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Western No Carolina Nickel Lateri |
| Alternate or previous names | Tes |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -82.79047, 35.6504 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1036 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Buncombe(county)
North Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Sandymush(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Buncombe |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Chromium Critical | Tertiary |
| Cobalt Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Nickel Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Augite | Unknown |
| Chromite | Unknown |
| Enstatite | Unknown |
| Forsterite | Unknown |
| Garnierite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -82.79047, 35.6504 |
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| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | West No Carolina |
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| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type of workings | Surface | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0370210004 |
ROSS C SHANNON E AND GONYER THE ORIGIN OF NICKEL SILICATES A
WEBSTER NO CAROLINA ECON GEOL VOL 23 1928 PGS 528-552
CORNWALL H R USGS BULL 1223 NICKEL DEPOSITS OF NO AMERICA 19
CORNWALL H R USGS PP 820 NICKEL CHAPTER PGS 437-442 1973
WORTHINGTON J AN EXPLORATION PROGRAM FOR NICKEL IN THE SOUTH
UNITED STATES ECON GEOL VOL 59 1964 PP 97-109
THAYER HOBBS MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE APPALACHIAN REGION USG
580 1968 PGS 375-377
CARPENTER R H HALE R NICKELIFEROUS SOILS AND STREAM SEDIMENT
ASSOCIATED WITH PERIDOTITES NEAR DEMOCRAT NO CAROLINA SOUTHE
ERN GEOL VOL 7 NO 1 DEC 1965
PAWEL MINING AND METALLURGY VOL 24 PG 278 1943
PAWEL G W NICKEL IN NO CAROLINA-ENGIN JOURNAL VOL 140 NO 10
1939 PGS 35-38
PERSONAL COMMUNICATION HENRY CORNWALL USGS MENLO PARK CAL
HUNTER C CHROMITE IN WESTERN NO CAROLINA AND GEORGIA TVA GEO
OGIC BULL NO 10 PT 2 1938
BARLOW A E ON THE NICKEL DEPOSITS OF WEBSTER W NO CAROLINA -
CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY JOUR 1906 PP 303
MURDOCK HUNTER MACCARTHY CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF NO CAROLINA NO
ROLINA BULL NO 42 1942
HUNTER C FOSTERITE OLIVINE DEPOSITS OF NO CAR AND GA NO CAR
DEPT CONSER & DEVEL BULL NO 41 1941
USBM IC 8469 AVAILABILITY OF U S PRIMARY NICKEL RESOURCES 19
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | REC 030 COL 47 REFERENCE POINT IS APPROXIMATE CENTER OF PRIN DEPOSIT EXTENSIONS OVER A FIVE COUNTY AREA REC 040 COLS 14-16 BECAUSE THE LATERITES COVER A WIDE AREA T TANCE TO WATER ROADS AND ELECTRICITY CANNOT BE DETERMINED FO OVERALL AREA HOWEVER THERE ARE MANY STREAMS AND RIVERS IN TH ERAL VICINITY OF THE DEPOSITS LIKEWISE ROADS AND ELECTRICITY LD APPEAR TO BE AMPLE IN THE VICINITY SMALL STRETCHES OF ROA BE NEEDED TO THE INDIVIDUAL SITES CHOSEN FOR MINING REC 040 COLS 71-80 ADDITIONAL 7.5 MIN QUADS WITH CHROMITE OCCURANCES INCLUDE BARNARDSVILLE BURNSVILLE CORBIN KNOB HARMONY H ZELWOOD LEICESTER MARS HILL MT MITCHELL PRENTISS SYLVA NO &- SILVA SO ALL THESE QUADS ARE IN NO CAROLINA REC 050 SOIL SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED BY WORTHINGTON 1964 FROM SURFACE BENEATH ZONES OF HUMUS ACCUMULATION FROM ROAD CUTS A HER EXCAVATIONS AND FROM HAND AUGER HOLES IN ORDER TO TEST E MENT WITH DEPTH APPROX 500 SOIL SAMPLES TAKEN IN SE UNITED S REC 050 CHEMICAL ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES WERE EMPLOYED IN THE SES OF SOILS AND STREAM SEDIMENTS IN THE VICINITY OF TWO PER ES NEAR DEMOCRAT NO CAROLINA BY CARPENTER AND HALE 1965 REC 080 COLS 15-16 NICKELIFEROUS SOILS DEVELOPED ON CERTAIN TITES IN WESTERN NO CAROLINA AND ARE CONSIDERED TO REPRESENT LATERITES WHICH FORMED MAINLY DURING PERIODS OF INTENSIVE WE ING OF EARLY TERTIARY AND POSSIBLY LATE CRETACEOUS AGE REC 080 COL 21 LATERIZATION OF PERIDOTITE INVOLVES LEACHING NESIUM AND CALCIUM AND ENRICHMENTOF LESS MOBILE ELEMENTS NIC IRON ALUMINUM CHROMIUM COBALT AND MANGANESE SILICA MAY ALSO LEACHED ALTHOUGH SILICA ENRICHMENT IS COMMONLY EVIDENT IN T ER PORTIONS OF THE SOIL PROFILE REC 080 COLS 72-75 SOME OF THE LATERITE SOILS ARE COMMONLY D OPED TO A DEPTH OF 50 FT OR MORE ALTHOUGH THEY VARY WIDELY I -NESS THROUGHOUT THE REGION A RESIDUAL SOIL AND SAPROLITE ME ING OVER 80 FT THICK WAS MEASURED NEAR WEBSTER N C REC 080 COLS 53-58 63-68 THE LATERITES ARE SMALL AND DISCONT OUS THEREFORE NO LENGTH AND WIDTH OF THE MINERALIZED ZONE CA DETERMINED MATRIX 1 PAWEL 1943 PG 278 ESTIMATED THAT THE LA |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Harrison | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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