Dark Ridge Chromite Prospect

Past Producer in Jackson 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10248874
MAS/MILS ID 0370990001
Record type Site
Current site name Dark Ridge Chromite Prospect
Alternate or previous names Dark Ridge Creek Chromite, Dark Ridge Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -83.10238, 35.4134 (WGS84)
Elevation 951
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hazelwood(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
Chlorite Unknown
Chromite Unknown
Olivine Unknown
Talc Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -83.10238, 35.4134

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N35E
    Dip 85N
    Thickness 1M
    Length 244M
    Width 76M
    Area 2HA
    Depth to top 2M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Strike And Dip N35E:85N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
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

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 14 15 & PL 7

  • Deposit

    J VOLNEY LEWIS 1922 USGS BULLETIN 725 DEPOSITS OF CHROME ORE

  • Deposit

    NORTH CAROLINA PP 129 130

  • Deposit

    USBUMINES WAR MINERALS MEMORANDUM 1943 EASTERN REGIONAL FILE

  • Deposit

    NORTH CAROLINA CHROME P 6

  • 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 383 384

  • 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

    HERMON J BRYSON 1937 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATI

  • Deposit

    DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC PAPER 64 THE MINING INDUSTRY IN NORTH

  • Deposit

    CAROLINA FROM 1929 TO 1936 P 29

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit YEAR ENTERED 1975 THE TYPE GRADE OF THE CHROMITE CANNOT BE DETERMINED FROM AVA LITERATURE BUT IS CLOSEST TO REFRACTORY GRADE BASED ON ANALY 39.66% CR2O3 14.18% FE203 7.20% SI02 26.80% AL203 12.34% MGO CR FE IS 2.8:1 FE CONTENT IS 9.93% CALCULATED FROM FE203 NO RESERVE ESTIMATE CAN BE MADE DUE TO THE IRREGULAR OCCURRE EXTENT OF THE CHROMITE VEINS RECORD 050 DEPOSIT WAS MINED ON A LIMITED BASIS IN 1918 & 19 RECORD 080 CHROMITE OCCURS IN VEIN LIKE SEGREGATIONS IN OLIV RECORD 060 DUNITE IS SLIGHTLY STEATITIZED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Lyday, Travis Q. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.