Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLINEAR, PINCH AND SWELL, LENS
Materials
Ore mineralsMagnetite
GangueEpidote, Hornblende
Geology
Host rockGneiss
Associated rockGneiss · Cranberry Granite; Complex Of Intertonguing Rock Types Including Migmatite, Granitic Gneisses, Monzonite, Quartz Diorite, Greenstone, Mica And Hornblende Schists, Abundant Granitic Pegmatite
StructureNorthwesterly, Granite Becomes Less Platy And Interfoliated Gneisses Become Less Abundant As Distance From Vein Increases.
Tectonic settingBlue Ridge
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1884
Discovery year1884
Identification
Deposit ID10026379
MRDS IDK004786
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.14592, -81.98651
References
STUCKEY, J. L., 1965, NORTH CAROLINA: ITS GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES: RALEIGH, N. C., NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. CONSERV. AND DEVEL., 550 P.BAYLEY, W. S., 1923, THE MAGNETIC IRON ORES OF EAST TENNESSEE AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 29, 252 P.KLINE, M. H., AND BALLARD, T. J., 1948, CRANBERRY MAGNETITE DEPOSITS, AVERY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, AND CARTER COUNTY, TENNESSEE: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. RI 4274, 85 P.NITZE, H.B.C., 1893, IRON ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 1, 239 P.1893 OTHER NITZE, H. B. C., N. C. GEOL. SUR. BULL. 11923 OTHER BAYLEY, W. S., TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 29GOLDICH, S. S., AND WEDOW, HELMUTH, JR., 1943, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE MAGNETIC IRON ORES OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND EASTERN TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN - FILE REPORT.1965 COMPILE STUCKEY, J. L., N. C. DEPT. CONS. & DEVEL.1966 COMPILE BRYANT AND REED, GEOL. SURV. CIR. 521NITZE, 1893, P. 180.