Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlBedding, Fractures, And Residuum
Materials
Ore mineralsLimonite
GangueChert
Geology
Host rockMarble · Residuum;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 ) Te Rms 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 production1917
Identification
Deposit ID10026123
MRDS IDK002597
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.10817, -84.01434
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.ROBERTSON, A.F., 1946, EXPLORATION OF THE CHEROKEE IRON DEPOSITS, CHEROKEE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RPT. INV. R.I. 3974, 31 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. 311946 DIREXPL ROBERTSON, U.S.B.M. RPT. INV. 39741973 OTHER POWER AND FORREST, AM. JOUR. SCI., PAPERBAYLEY, W.S., 1925, N.C. GEOL. AND ECON. SUR., BULL. 31BAYLEY, W.S., 1925, N.C. GEOL. AND ECON. SUR. BULL. 31