Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlBedding, Fractures, And Residuum
Geology
Host rockMarble · Residuum;Andrews Formation, Thin Alternating Layers Of Marble & Biotite Schist
Associated rockDiorite · Metadiorite, Dark-Green, Locally Porphyritic, Pyroxenite & Amphibolite. Van Horn ( 1948 , P. 15 ) Terms These Rocks Metadiorite Because He Considers Them To Be Metamorphosed
StructureNortheast-Trending Strike Belts Define A Major Syncline
Tectonic settingGeosyncline
AlterationWeathering Of Iron-Bearing Minerals To Form Limonite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsWWI
First production1915
Discovery year1915
Identification
Deposit ID10026125
MRDS IDK002598
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.10539, -84.01907
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. & ECON. SUR. BULL. 311946 DIREXPL ROBERTSON, U.S.B.M. RPT. INV. 39741973 OTHER POWER AND FORREST, AM. JOUR. SCI., PAPERROBERTSON, A.F., 1946, U.S.B.M. RPT. INV. R.I. 3974