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Cane Creek Olivine Deposit

Occurrence in Jackson county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Olivine, Vermiculite, Chromium, Talc-Soapstone, Asbestos
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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 10025908
MRDS ID K001885
Record type Site
Current site name Cane Creek Olivine Deposit
Related records 10248543

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.17655, 35.33872 (WGS84)
Relative position 3.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SYLVA AND 0.5 MILE UP CANE CREEK

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
Olivine Tertiary
Vermiculite Tertiary
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Talc-Soapstone Tertiary
Asbestos Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Asbestos Ore
Chromite Ore
Olivine Ore
Talc 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) Meta-ultramafic Rock
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Length 457.2M
    Width 91.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PART OF PERODITITE ALONG SOUTHERN CONTACT CONSISTS OF COARSE-GRAINED INTERLOCKING CRYSTALLINE SAXONITE WHICH HAS BEEN HIGHLY LAMINATED AND PARTLY SERPENTINIZED. TALC BLEBS ALTERED FROM BRONZITE IS COMMON IN THIS PART OF THE DEPOSIT. CENTRAL PART OF PERODITITE CONSISTS OF COARSE-GRAINED, LIGHT GREEN FRIABLE AND RELATIVELY SOUND OLIVINE. PART OF THIS FRIABLE MATERIAL CONTAINS ENOUGH CHROMITE TO GIVE THE ROCK A BLACK SPOTTED APPEARANCE. VERMICULITE AND CHLORITE-FILLED FAULTS PARALLEL THE LONG AXIS OF THE FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Webster-Balsam Area

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPOSIT IS PART OF WEBSTER-ADDIE SILL. LENS SHAPED BODY TRENDING IN AN EAST-WEST DIRECTION.

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

    HUNTER, C.E. AND OTHERS, 1942, CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 42. 39 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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