| Deposit ID | 10272277 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K001884 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0370990004 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Webster Chromite Prospects |
| Alternate or previous names | Webster Nickel-Chromite Prospect |
| Related records | 10025907 |
| Point of reference | Trench |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -83.20048, 35.33231 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 640 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Jackson(county)
North Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Sylva South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Fontana Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Tuckasegee(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Jackson |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Chromium Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Magnesite | Tertiary |
| Silica | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Actinolite | Unknown |
| Asbestos | Unknown |
| Bronzite | Unknown |
| Chalcedony | Unknown |
| Chlorite | Unknown |
| Chromite | Unknown |
| Garnierite | Unknown |
| Ilmenite | Unknown |
| Limonite | Unknown |
| Magnetite | Unknown |
| Olivine | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Serpentine | Unknown |
| Soapstone | Unknown |
| Talc | Unknown |
| Vermiculite | Unknown |
| Trench (1) | -83.20048, 35.33231 |
|---|
| Thickness | 0.3M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 99M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 0.9M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 3HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 15M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1870 |
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
| Type of mineral rights | Minerals Only |
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Consolidated Nickel Co. |
| Home office | North Carolina |
| Year | 1975 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Carolina Chrome Co. |
| Home office | North Carolina |
| Year | 1975 |
| Type of workings | Surface | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 3HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0370990004 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K001884 | MAS references MRDS |
CHARLES E HUNTER ET AL 1942 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN 42 CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF
CAROLINA PP 1-2 9-12 22-24 26-32 & PL 5 9-12
JASPER L STUCKEY 1965 NORTH CAROLINA ITS GEOLOGY AND MINERAL
RESOURCES NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION & DEVELO
PP 275-277
USBUMINES WAR MINERALS MEMORANDUM 1943 EASTERN REGIONAL FILE
NORTH CAROLINA CHROME PP 6-7 9
J VOLNEY LEWIS 1922 USGS BULLETIN 725 DEPOSITS OF CHROME ORE
NORTH CAROLINA PP 122-128
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 TYPE GRADE OF THE CHROMITE CANNOT BE DETERMINED FROM AVA LITERATURE BUT IS CLOSEST TO CHEMICAL IN GRADE BASED ON CHEM ANALYSIS 48.00% CR2O3 22.58% FE203 5.18% SI02 4.40% MGO CR F IS 2.1: FE CONTENT OF CHROMITE IS 15.81% CALCULATED FROM FE2 CHROMITE IS APPROXIMATELY 3% OF DISSEMINATED ORE RECORD 020 ENTRY IS LAST KNOWN OPERATOR 1941 1942 RECORD 021 ENTRY IS PAST OPERATOR WORKING 1917 1918 RECORD 050 DEPOSIT WAS MINED ON A LIMITED BASIS 1917 1918 SO PLACER WASHING WAS DONE 1941 1942 RECORD 060 DEPOSIT IS SLIGHTLY SERPENTINIZED & STEATITIZED RECORD 080 CHROMITE OCCURS MAINLY AS DISSEMINATED CRYSTALS I DUNITE BUT ALSO OCCURS AS A PLACER RESIDUAL DEPOSIT SOME CHR OCCURS AS SMALL LENSES OF MASSIVE & VEIN MATERIAL PRODUCTION ANY SUBSTANTIAL TONNAGE WILL BE FROM THE DISSEMINATED MATERI |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Lyday, Travis Q. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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