Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formSTOCKWORK
Ore controlBedding, Fractures, And Residuum.
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Clayey And Sandy Residuum; Recent.;Mineral Bluff Formation, Quartz-Sericite Schist Or Phyllite With Sandy Lenses And Intercalated Quartzites
Associated rockDiorite · Metadiorite; Precambrian; Dark-Green, Locally Porphyritic, Pyroxenite And Amphibolite. Van Horn (1948, P. 15) Terms These Rocks Metadiorite Because He Considers Them To Be Metamorphosed Diorites That Have Lost Their Feldspar And Quartz Through Metamorphism
StructureNortheast-Trending Strike Belts Define A Major Syncline
Tectonic settingGeosyncline
AlterationWeathering Of Iron-Bearing Minerals To Form Limonite
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10026113
MRDS IDK002584
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.18789, -83.80934
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 ZPOWER AND FORREST, AM. JOUR. SCI., PAPERBAYLEY, W.S., 1925, N.C. GEOL. AND ECON. SUR. BULL. 31