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Cobalt in Forsterite-Olivine Deposits of the Blue Ridge, North Carolina and Georgia.

PB88209309

Publication Date	1986
Personal Author	Chatman, M. L.
Page Count	38
Abstract	Bureau of Mines mineral resource investigations mandated by Congress through the RARE II (Roadless Area Review and Evaluation) program during the early 1980's included evaluation of two forsterite-olivine deposits in the Blue Ridge physiographic province of the southeastern United States. Data from the Buck Creek deposit, Clay County, NC, and the Lake Burton deposit, Rabun County, GA, are compiled and evaluated here. Both deposits contain 0.01% cobalt--about average cobalt concentrations for ultramafic rocks, including forsterite-olivine. Because cobalt is a strategic metal with advanced materials applications and no domestic mine production of cobalt is underway, further consideration was given to cobalt in these forsterite-olivine deposits. The contained cobalt value at mid-1987 prices is about $1 per ton of forsterite-olivine and this cobalt is tied to primary silicate mineral bonds, requiring costly, unproven processing.
Keywords	Cobalt Mineral deposits Blue Ridge Mountains Economic geology Ferrous metals Evaluation Fosterite Olivine Concentration(Composition) Recovery Cost analysis Feasibility Processing Prices North Carolina Georgia Strategic metals Clay County(North Carolina) Raybun County(Georgia)
Source Agency	Bureau of Mines
NTIS Subject Category	48F - Geology & Geophysics
Corporate Authors	Bureau of Mines, Denver, CO. Intermountain Field Operations Center.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Open file rept. 1981-1985,
NTIS Issue Number	198817

Cobalt in Forsterite-Olivine Deposits of the Blue Ridge, North Carolina and Georgia.

Cobalt in Forsterite-Olivine Deposits of the Blue Ridge, North Carolina and Georgia.
PB88209309

Publication Date	1986
Personal Author	Chatman, M. L.
Page Count	38
Abstract	Bureau of Mines mineral resource investigations mandated by Congress through the RARE II (Roadless Area Review and Evaluation) program during the early 1980's included evaluation of two forsterite-olivine deposits in the Blue Ridge physiographic province of the southeastern United States. Data from the Buck Creek deposit, Clay County, NC, and the Lake Burton deposit, Rabun County, GA, are compiled and evaluated here. Both deposits contain 0.01% cobalt--about average cobalt concentrations for ultramafic rocks, including forsterite-olivine. Because cobalt is a strategic metal with advanced materials applications and no domestic mine production of cobalt is underway, further consideration was given to cobalt in these forsterite-olivine deposits. The contained cobalt value at mid-1987 prices is about $1 per ton of forsterite-olivine and this cobalt is tied to primary silicate mineral bonds, requiring costly, unproven processing.
Keywords	Cobalt Mineral deposits Blue Ridge Mountains Economic geology Ferrous metals Evaluation Fosterite Olivine Concentration(Composition) Recovery Cost analysis Feasibility Processing Prices North Carolina Georgia Strategic metals Clay County(North Carolina) Raybun County(Georgia)
Source Agency	Bureau of Mines
NTIS Subject Category	48F - Geology & Geophysics
Corporate Authors	Bureau of Mines, Denver, CO. Intermountain Field Operations Center.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Open file rept. 1981-1985,
NTIS Issue Number	198817