Commodities
TertiaryIron, Iron, Pig Iron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formLENS, PINCH AND SWELL
Materials
Ore mineralsMagnetite, Pyrite
GangueEpidote, Hornblende, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGneiss
Associated rockGneiss · Cranberry Gneiss: Augen Gneiss And Porphyritic Gneiss (Rankin, Espenshade, And Neuman, 1972)
StructureNortheast
Tectonic settingBlue Ridge
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10026400
MRDS IDK004812
Alternate namesRobinson Opening and Pine Tree Tunnel
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.51397, -81.40621
References
BRYANT, B., AND REED, J. C., JR., 1966, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN WINDOW AND VICINITY: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 521, 13 P.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.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. SURV. BULL. 11923 OTHER BAYLEY, W. S., TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 291965 COMPILE STUCKEY, J. L., N. C. DEPT. CONS. & DEVEL.1966 COMPILE BRYANT AND REED, GEOL. SURV. CIRC. 521BAYLEY, W. S., 1923, P. 160