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Addie Chromite Prospect

Past Producer in Jackson county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Aluminum, Chromium, Iron, Magnesite, Silica
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  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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10248633
MRDS ID K001883
MAS/MILS ID 0370990003
Record type Site
Current site name Addie Chromite Prospect
Alternate or previous names Soapstone Gap Area Chromite
Related records 10200121, 10025906

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -83.15928, 35.3987 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sylva North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fontana Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tuckasegee(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Jackson

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anthophyllite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Chromite Unknown
Kaolin Unknown
Olivine Unknown
Talc Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Chromite Unknown
Olivine Unknown
Chromite Unknown
Olivine Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -83.15928, 35.3987
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.5M
    Length 122M
    Width 61M
    Area 1HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #2 MASSIVE
    Type of Orebody #3 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #3 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control OTHER
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1.5
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 820628

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • DEPOSIT HAS BEEN A MINOR PRODUCER

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.7HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .8
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1975

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 12-14 & PL 6

  • Deposit

    J VOLNEY LEWIS 1922 USGS BULLETIN 725 DEPOSITS OF CHROME ORE

  • Deposit

    NORTH CAROLINA P 129

  • Deposit

    JASPER L STUCKEY & STEPHEN G CONRAD 1965 NORTH CAROLINA

  • Deposit

    DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN 71 EXPLANA

  • Deposit

    TEXT FOR GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA PP 19-20

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit YEAR ENTERED 1975 THE TYPE GRADE OF THE CHROMITE CANNOT BE DETERMINED FROM AVA LITERATURE A CHIPPED SAMPLE OF VEIN CHROMITE FROM A FAULT ZO THIS ANALYSIS 29.46% CR2O3 19.89% FE203 11.40% SI02 24.00% AL203 15.74% MGO CR FE IS 1.4:1 FE CONTENT OF CHROMITE IS 13 CALCULATED FROM FE203 CHROMITE IS APPROXIMATELY5% OF THE PLACER RESIDUAL ORE RECORD 050 ABOUT THREE FOURTHS OF A TON OF CHROMITE IS REPOR HAVE BEEN MINED FROM THE VEIN CHROMITE RECORD 060 DUNITE IS MODERATELY STEATITIZED RECORD 070 DESCRIPTION OF PLACER RESIDUAL ORE RECORD 071 DECRIPTION OF DESSEMINATED MATERIAL RECORD 072 DESCRIPTION OF MASSIVE VEIN & LENS MATERIAL RECORD 080 THE CHROMITE OCCURS AS PLACER & RESIDUAL ACCUMULA ALONG AREA STREAMS AS DISSEMINATED CHROMITE WITHIN SOUND DUN IN VEIN LIKE LENSES WITHIN A FAULT ZONE PRODUCTION WILL BE F THE PLACER RESIDUAL DEPOSITS IF MINED FOR CHROMITE

Reporter information

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

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