| 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 |
| Point of reference | Trench |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -82.28295, 35.96679 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 799 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Yancey |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum Critical | Tertiary |
| Chromium Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Magnesite | Tertiary |
| Silica | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anthophyllite | Unknown |
| Asbestos | Unknown |
| Chromite | Unknown |
| Olivine | Unknown |
| Serpentine | Unknown |
| Soapstone | Unknown |
| Talc | Unknown |
| Trench (1) | -82.28295, 35.96679 |
|---|
| Thickness | 61M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 805M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 305M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 61HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 2M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | Private Lease |
| Type of mineral rights | Minerals Only |
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mr Garrett Ray |
| Home office | North Carolina |
| Year | 1975 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0371990002 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K001727 | MAS references MRDS |
CHARLES E HUNTER ET AL 1942 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN 42 CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF
CAROLINA PP 8 9 & PL 3
J VOLNEY LEWIS 1922 USGS BULLETIN 725 DEPOSITS OF CHROME ORE
NORTH CAROLINA PP 133 134
USBUMINES WAR MINERALS MEMORANDUM 1943 EASTERN REGIONAL FILE
NORTH CAROLINA CHROME PP 4 5
JASPER L STUCKEY 1965 NORTH CAROLINA ITS GEOLOGY AND MINERAL
RESOURCES NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION & DEVELO
PP 275-277
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
JOSEPH H PRATT & JOSEPH V LEWIS 1905 NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGIC
SURVEY VOLUME 1 CORUNDUM AND THE PERIDOTITES OF WESTERN NORT
CAROLINA PP 381 382
| 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 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Lyday, Travis Q. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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