| Deposit ID | 10175661 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0370210001 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Leicester Chromite Prospect |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -82.69096, 35.6537 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 646 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Buncombe(county)
North Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Leicester(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Asheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper French Broad(hydrologic unit)
French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)
Tennessee(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Buncombe |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Chromium Critical | Primary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chromite | Unknown |
| Olivine | Unknown |
| Serpentine | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -82.69096, 35.6537 |
|---|
| Thickness | 1.4M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 156M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 156M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 2.5HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1870 |
| Mining method | Open Pit |
| Milling method | Gravity |
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Minerals Only |
| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type of workings | Surface | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Area | 2.4HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0370210001 |
HUNTER,W.L. AND G.V.SULLIVAN. UTILIZATION STUDIES ON CHROM-
ITE FROM SEIAD CREEK, CALIF. BUMINES RI5576,1960,37PP.
CHARLES E. HUNTER ET. AL. (1942) NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT O
CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN 42 "CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF
CAROLINA" P. 7.
JASPER L. STUCKEY & STEPHEN G. CONRAD (1958) NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN 71 "EXPLAN
TEXT FOR GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA" PP. 19-20.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE TYPE GRADE, CHEMICAL ANALYSIS & CR:FE RATIO OF THE CHROMITE NOT AVAILABLE. CHROMITE COMPRISES AN ESTIMATED 4.4% OF THE R ORE BASED ON AN AVERAGE OF 5 SIMILAR DEPOSITS. PERCENTAGE OF AND FE IN CHROMITE WAS OBTAINED FROM AN AVERAGE OF 3 SIMILAR DEPOSITS. THE CR:FE RATIO CALCULATED IS 1.6:1 & THE TYPE GRA THE DEPOSITS USED TO OBTAIN THE PERCENTAGES IS CHEMICAL. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 09-OCT-96 | Drs/Cp | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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