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Ellijay Chromite Prospect

Past Producer in Macon county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Chromium
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10175833
MRDS ID K001882
MAS/MILS ID 0371130003
Record type Site
Current site name Ellijay Chromite Prospect
Alternate or previous names Olivine Deposit Number Nine
Related records 10025905, 10126809

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -83.27878, 35.18651 (WGS84)
Elevation 747
Location accuracy 500(meters)
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Macon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Tertiary

Materials information

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -83.27878, 35.18651
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Ore body information

  • Thickness 5M
    Width 2M
    Length 12M
    Area 1HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 820629

Economic information

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 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

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Availability System MAS 0371130003
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS K001882 MAS references MRDS

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHARLES E HUNTER ET AL 1942 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF

  • Deposit

    CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN 42 CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF

  • Deposit

    CAROLINA P 16 & PL 8

  • 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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit YEAR ENTERED 1975 THE TYPE GRADE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS & CR FE RATIO OF THE CHROMITE NOT AVAILABLE NO RESERVE ESTIMATE CAN BE MADE DUE TO THE IRREGULAR OCCURRE EXTENT OF THE CHROMITE RECORD 050 DEPOSIT WAS MINED ON A LIMITED BASIS IN 1918 RECORD 080 CHROMITE OCCURS MAINLY AS LENSES OF MASSIVE CHROM DUNITE & ALSO AS DISSEMINATIONS WITHIN THE DUNITE

Reporter information

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