Webster Chromite Prospects

Past Producer in Jackson county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Chromium, Iron, Magnesite, Silica
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. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -83.20048, 35.33231 (WGS84)
Elevation 640
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Jackson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Magnesite Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

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

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -83.20048, 35.33231

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.3M
    Length 99M
    Width 0.9M
    Area 3HA
    Depth to top 15M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Type of Orebody #2 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Type of Orebody #3 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #3 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip E00W:
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2.6
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .6
    Total Surface Area (HA) 3
    Date of Last Modification 820628

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1870

Mineral rights holdings

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Consolidated Nickel Co.
    Home office North Carolina
    Year 1975
  • Type Operator
    Owner Carolina Chrome Co.
    Home office North Carolina
    Year 1975

Comments on the production information

  • DEPOSIT HAS BEEN A MINOR PRODUCER

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 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 89.7
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 2.6
    Primary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Capacity 36
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1975
  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    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 PP 1-2 9-12 22-24 26-32 & PL 5 9-12

  • Deposit

    JASPER L STUCKEY 1965 NORTH CAROLINA ITS GEOLOGY AND MINERAL

  • Deposit

    RESOURCES NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION & DEVELO

  • Deposit

    PP 275-277

  • Deposit

    USBUMINES WAR MINERALS MEMORANDUM 1943 EASTERN REGIONAL FILE

  • Deposit

    NORTH CAROLINA CHROME PP 6-7 9

  • Deposit

    J VOLNEY LEWIS 1922 USGS BULLETIN 725 DEPOSITS OF CHROME ORE

  • Deposit

    NORTH CAROLINA PP 122-128

  • 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 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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Lyday, Travis Q. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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