Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formLENSES
Ore controlBedding, Fractures, And Residuum
Geology
Host rockMarble · Residuum;Andrews Formation, Thin Alternating Layers Of Marble And Biotite Schist;No Ttely Quartzite, Medium-Grained Ortho-Quartzite
Associated rockDiorite · Metadiorite, Dark-Green, Locally Porphyritic, Pyroxenite And Amphibolite. Van Horn ( 1948 , P. 15 ) Term S 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
First production1925
Identification
Deposit ID10026122
MRDS IDK002596
Alternate namesStarbuck Iron Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.15205, -83.95962
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