Norton Chromite Prospect

Prospect in Macon county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Chromium, Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10151879
MRDS ID K001887
MAS/MILS ID 0371130002
Record type Site
Current site name Norton Chromite Prospect
Related records 10025910, 10151743

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -83.39959, 35.00201 (WGS84)
Elevation 744

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Macon(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Prentiss(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
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Hornblende Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Plagioclase Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -83.39959, 35.00201

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.4M
    Length 54M
    Width 54M
    Area 0.5HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) .5
    Date of Last Modification 820629

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1870

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.3HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .8
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHARLES E HUNTER ET AL 1942 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF

  • Deposit

    CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN 42 CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF

  • Deposit

    CAROLINA P 16 & PL 4

  • Deposit

    JASPER L STUCKEY & STEPHEN G CONRAD 1958 NORTH CAROLINA

  • Deposit

    DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN 71 EXPLANA

  • Deposit

    TEXT FOR GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA PP 19-20

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit YEAR ENTERED 1975 THE TYPE GRADE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS & CR FE RATIO OF THE CHROMITE NOT AVAILABLE CHROMITE IS ESTIMATED TO COMPRISE 4.4% OF RESI ORE BASED ON AN AVERAGE OF 5 SIMILAR DEPOSITS PERCENTAGES OF AND FE IN CHROMITE WAS OBTAINED FROM AN AVERAGE OF 3 SIMILAR DEPOSITS THE CR FE RATIO CALCULATED IS 1.6:1 & THE TYPE GRAD THE DEPOSITS USED TO OBTAIN THE PERCENTAGES IS CHEMICAL RECORD 080 CHROMITE OCCURS MAINLY AS A RESIDUAL CONCENTRATIO WITHIN WEATHERED DUNITE THAT HAS BEEN HIGHLY ALTERED TO AMPH AND AS DISSEMINATIONS WITHIN THE DUNITE BODY A FEW HUNDRED T CHROMITE COULD POSSIBLY BE RECOVERED FROM THE WEATHERED DUNI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Lyday, Travis Q. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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