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Norton Dunite Deposit

Past Producer in Macon county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Olivine, Asbestos, Vermiculite
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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 10025910
MRDS ID K001887
Record type Site
Current site name Norton Dunite Deposit
Related records 10151743, 10151879

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.39767, 35.00122 (WGS84)
Relative position 14 MILES SOUTH OF FRANKLIN AND 1 MILE NORTH OF NORTH CAROLINA-GEORGIA LINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Macon(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Prentiss(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
Olivine Primary
Asbestos Tertiary
Vermiculite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Olivine Ore
Vermiculite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Amphibolization And Chloritization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.39767, 35.00122
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 152.4M
    Width 152.4M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT CONTAINS LITTLE TRUE OLIVINE AS IT IS COMPOSED MOSTLY OF ANTHOPHYLLITE AND CHLORITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ellijay Area

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECTED FOR VERMICULITE AND ASBESTOS

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: DEPOSIT CONTAINS LITTLE TRUE OLIVINE

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

    CONRAD, S.G. AND OTHERS, 1963, ANTHOPHYLLITE ASBESTOS IN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 77, 61 P.

  • 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

    CONRAD, S.G., 1963, N.C. DIV. MIN. RES. BULL. 77

  • Reserve-Resource

    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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