| Deposit ID | 10175793 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0371990001 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Price Creek Chromite Prospect |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -82.37565, 35.87089 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 920 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Yancey(county)
North Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Barnardsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Asheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Nolichucky(hydrologic unit)
French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)
Tennessee(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Pisgah 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 | Yancey |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum Critical | Tertiary |
| Chromium Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Magnesite | Tertiary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Silica | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anthophyllite | Unknown |
| Chromite | Unknown |
| Olivine | Unknown |
| Talc | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -82.37565, 35.87089 |
|---|
| Length | 107M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Width | 30M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 0.4HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1870 |
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Minerals Only |
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0371990001 |
CHARLES E HUNTER ET AL 1942 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN 42 CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF
CAROLINA P 9 & PL 4
J VOLNEY LEWIS 1922 USGS BULLETIN 725 DEPOSITS OF CHROME ORE
NORTH CAROLINA PP 132 133
JASPER L STUCKEY & STEPHEN G CONRAD 1958 NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN 71 EXPLANA
TEXT FOR GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA PP 19-20
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | YEAR ENTERED 1975 THE CHROMITE IS CHEMICAL IN GRADE WITH FOLLOWING ANALYSIS 61 CR2O3, 23.45% FEO, 4.86% SIO2, 3.58% AL2O3, 2.21% MGO, O.46% CR FE IS 2.5:1 FE CONTENT IS 17.15% CALCULATED FROM FEO ANAL IS AVERAGE OF 2 GIVEN IN USGS BULLETIN 725 P 133 NO RESERVE ESTIMATE CAN BE MADE DUE TO THE IRREGULAR OCCURRE EXTENT OF THE CHROMITE VEINS RECORD 050 DEPOSIT WAS MINED ON A LIMITED BASIS IN 1892 RECORD 060 DEPOSIT IS SLIGHTLY STEATITIZED RECORD 080 CHROMITE OCCURS AS SMALL VEINS & BLEBS IN SOUND O |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Lyday, Travis Q. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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