| Deposit ID | 10175833 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K001882 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0371130003 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ellijay Chromite Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Olivine Deposit Number Nine |
| Related records | 10025905, 10126809 |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -83.27878, 35.18651 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 747 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Macon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Chromium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chlorite | Unknown |
| Chromite | Unknown |
| Olivine | Unknown |
| Talc | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -83.27878, 35.18651 |
|---|
| Thickness | 5M | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 12M | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 2M | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 1HA | ||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1870 |
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Minerals Only |
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0371130003 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K001882 | MAS references MRDS |
CHARLES E HUNTER ET AL 1942 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN 42 CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF
CAROLINA P 16 & PL 8
JASPER L STUCKEY & STEPHEN G CONRAD 1958 NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN 71 EXPLANA
TEXT FOR GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA PP 19-20
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | YEAR ENTERED 1975 THE TYPE GRADE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS & CR FE RATIO OF THE CHROMITE NOT AVAILABLE NO RESERVE ESTIMATE CAN BE MADE DUE TO THE IRREGULAR OCCURRE EXTENT OF THE CHROMITE RECORD 050 DEPOSIT WAS MINED ON A LIMITED BASIS IN 1918 RECORD 080 CHROMITE OCCURS MAINLY AS LENSES OF MASSIVE CHROM DUNITE & ALSO AS DISSEMINATIONS WITHIN THE DUNITE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Lyday, Travis Q. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.