| Deposit ID | 10199620 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K001725 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0371150007 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Holcombe Branch Chromite Prospect |
| Related records | 10025780 |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -82.48426, 35.8068 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 756 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Madison(county)
North Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Barnardsville(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 | Madison |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Chromium Critical | Primary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Alabandite | Unknown |
| Chalcedony | Unknown |
| Chlorite | Unknown |
| Chromite | Unknown |
| Corundum | Unknown |
| Garnierite | Unknown |
| Olivine | Unknown |
| Spinel | Unknown |
| Talc | Unknown |
| Vermiculite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -82.48426, 35.8068 |
|---|
| Thickness | 1.2M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 305M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 45M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 1.6HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Placer |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1885 |
| Milling method | Gravity |
| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Area | 1.4HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0371150007 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K001725 | MAS references MRDS |
CHARLES E. HUNTER ET. AL. (1942) NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT O
CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN 42 "CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF
CAROLINA" PP. 7-8 & PL. 2.
J. VOLNEY LEWIS (1922) USGS BULLETIN 725 "DEPOSITS OF CHROME
NORTH CAROLINA" P. 130-132.
USBUMINES WAR MINERALS MEMORANDUM (1943) EASTERN REGIONAL FI
"NORTH CAROLINA CHROME" P. 6.
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.
HUNTER, W.L. AND G.V. SULLIVAN. UTILIZATION STUDIES ON
CHROMITE FROM SEIAD CREEK, CALIFORNIA, U.S. BUMINES RI 5576,
1960, PP. 22-23.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE CHROMITE IS APPROXIMATELY 3.5% OF THE PLACER DEPOSIT CONTAINS AN ESTIMATED 55.5% CR2O3 & 28.5% FE2O3, BASED ON SIMILAR DEPOSIT AT DEMOCRAT. ORE CONTROLLED BY THE TOPOGRAPHY OF DRAINAGE BASIN. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 09-OCT-96 | Hartos | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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