Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlBedding, Fractures, And Residuum
Materials
Ore mineralsLimonite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Residuum, Limonite Bearing Residual Clay;Brasstown Formation, Gray To Dark-Gray, Thin-Bedded Schist And Micaceous Quartzite, With Biotite Porphyroblasts In The Schist
Tectonic settingGeosyncline
AlterationWeathering Of Iron-Bearing Minerals To Form Residual Limonite.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsLATTER PART OF 1800'S
First production1875
Identification
Deposit ID10026110
MRDS IDK002580
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.01789, -84.02879
References
BAYLEY, W.S., 1925, DEPOSITS OF BROWN IRON ORES (BROWN HEMATITE) IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOL. AND ECON. SURVEY BULL. 31, 76 P.POWER, W.R., AND FORREST, J.T., 1973, STRATIGRAPHY AND PALEOGEOGRAPHY IN THE MURPHY MARBLE BELT: AM. JOUR. SCI., V. 273, P. 698-711.1925 COMPILE BAYLEY, N.C. GEOL. AND ECON. SUR. BULL. 311973 OTHER POWER AND FORREST, AM. JOUR. S CI., PAPERBAYLEY, W.S., 1925, N.C. GEOL. AND ECON. SUR. BULL. 31