Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlBedding, Fractures, And Residuum
Geology
Host rockMarble · Residuum;Andrews Formation, Thin Alternating Layers Of Marble And Biotite Schist
Associated rockDiorite · Metadiorite, Dark-Green, Locally Porphyritic, Pyroxenite Amd 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 yearsABOUT 1917
Identification
Deposit ID10026124
MRDS IDK002599
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.09955, -84.02823
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. 31