Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR AND BLANKET
Ore controlBedding, Fractures, Residuum, And Alluvium.
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Clayey And Sandy Residuum;Mineral Bluff Formation, Quartz-Sericite Schist Or Phyllite With Sandy Lenses And Intercalated Quartzites;Andrews Formation, Thin Alternating Layers Of Marble And Biotite Schist
Associated rockDiorite · Metadiorite, 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 statusPast Producer
Production yearsLATE 1800'S; WWI
First production1875
Identification
Deposit ID10026118
MRDS IDK002589
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.18039, -83.90907
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. SCI ., PAPERBAYLEY, W.S., 1925, N.C. GEOL. AND ECON. SUR., BULL. 31