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Moores Knob Olivine Deposit

Past Producer in Macon county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Vermiculite, Corundum, Olivine
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025904
MRDS ID K001881
Record type Site
Current site name Moores Knob Olivine Deposit
Related records 10176154

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.25544, 35.19594 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.75 MILE NORTHEAST OF ELLIJAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Macon(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Corbin Knob(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
Vermiculite Primary
Corundum Primary
Olivine Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Corundum Ore
Olivine Ore
Vermiculite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Serpentinization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.25544, 35.19594
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Length 914.4M
    Width 304.8M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MOST OF EASTERN QUARTER OF FORMATION CONSISTS OF RELATIVELY FRESH, YELLOWISH-GREEN, COARSE-TEXTURED, GRANULAR OLIVINE. NEAR SOUTH WEST NOSE OLIVINE IS FINE-GRAINED, LIGHT GREEN AND FRIABLE. THE REMAINDER OF DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF STEATIZED AND CHLORITIZED DUNITE. VERMICULITE IS ABUNDANT OCCURRING AS VEINS AND LENSES THROUGHOUT THE DEPOSIT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ellijay Area

Comments on development

  • DEPOSIT MINED FOR CORUNDUM AND FOR VERMICULITE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTER, C.E., 1941, FORSTERITE OLIVINE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 41. 117 P.

  • Deposit

    LARRABEE, D.M. AND SWEENEY, J.W., 1968, OLIVINE IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE APPALACHIAN REGION: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 580, P.326-327

  • Deposit

    MURDOCK, T.G. AND HUNTER, C.E., 1946, THE VERMICULITE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 50. 44 P.

  • Deposit

    1941 GEOLMAP TENN. VALLEY AUTHORITY, REPOR

  • Production

    HUNTER, C.E., 1941, N.C. DIV. MIN. RES. BULL. 41

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1974 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

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