Day Book Chromite Prospect

Past Producer in Yancey county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Aluminum, Chromium, Iron, Magnesite, Silica
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10199889
MRDS ID K001727
MAS/MILS ID 0371990002
Record type Site
Current site name Day Book Chromite Prospect
Alternate or previous names Ray Mine, Day Book Olivine Quarry, Day Book Quarry
Related records 10025782

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -82.28295, 35.96679 (WGS84)
Elevation 799
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yancey(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burnsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Asheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nolichucky(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Yancey

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Magnesite Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anthophyllite Unknown
Asbestos Unknown
Chromite Unknown
Olivine Unknown
Serpentine Unknown
Soapstone Unknown
Talc Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -82.28295, 35.96679

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 61M
    Length 805M
    Width 305M
    Area 61HA
    Depth to top 2M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 61
    Date of Last Modification 820629

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1870

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Private Lease
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr Garrett Ray
    Home office North Carolina
    Year 1975

Comments on the production information

  • DEPOSIT HAS BEEN A MINOR PRODUCER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHARLES E HUNTER ET AL 1942 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF

  • Deposit

    CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN 42 CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF

  • Deposit

    CAROLINA PP 8 9 & PL 3

  • Deposit

    J VOLNEY LEWIS 1922 USGS BULLETIN 725 DEPOSITS OF CHROME ORE

  • Deposit

    NORTH CAROLINA PP 133 134

  • Deposit

    USBUMINES WAR MINERALS MEMORANDUM 1943 EASTERN REGIONAL FILE

  • Deposit

    NORTH CAROLINA CHROME PP 4 5

  • Deposit

    JASPER L STUCKEY 1965 NORTH CAROLINA ITS GEOLOGY AND MINERAL

  • Deposit

    RESOURCES NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION & DEVELO

  • Deposit

    PP 275-277

  • Deposit

    JASPER L STUCKEY & STEPHEN G CONRAD 1958 NORTH CAROLINA

  • Deposit

    DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN 71 EXPLANA

  • Deposit

    TEXT FOR GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA PP 19-20

  • Deposit

    JOSEPH H PRATT & JOSEPH V LEWIS 1905 NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGIC

  • Deposit

    SURVEY VOLUME 1 CORUNDUM AND THE PERIDOTITES OF WESTERN NORT

  • Deposit

    CAROLINA PP 381 382

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit YEAR ENTERED 1975 THE CHROMITE IS CHEMICAL IN GRADE WITH THE FOLLOWING ANALYSI 44.20% CR2O3 20.05% FE203 0.30% SI02 21.30% AL203 14.48% MGO CR FE IS 2.1 1 FE CONTENT IS 14.04% CALCULATED FROM FE203 NO RESERVE ESTIMATE CAN BE MADE DUE TO THE IRREGULAR OCCURRE EXTENT OF THE CHROMITE VEINS RECORD 020 ENTRY IS LAST KNOWN OWNER 1928 RECORD 050 DEPOSIT WAS MINED FOR CHROMITE 1917 1918 DEPOSIT CURRENTLY BEING MINED FOR OLIVINE RECORD 060 DEPOSIT IS SLIGHTLY SERPENTINIZED & STEATITIZED RECORD 080 CHROMITE OCCURS IN VEIN LIKE SEGREGATIONS IN OLIV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Lyday, Travis Q. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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