Commodities
PrimaryIron
TertiaryIron, Pig Iron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlMarble Zones In The Gneiss Country Rock
Materials
GangueActinolite, Calcite, Dolomite, Epidote, Garnet, Hornblende, Phlogopite
Geology
Host rockGneiss
Associated rockGneiss,Pegmatite
StructureNortheast
Tectonic settingBlue Ridge
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1828
Discovery year1825
Identification
Deposit ID10026403
MRDS IDK004816
Alternate namesWaughbank Property, Marble Magnetite, Ballou's Horse Creek Ore Bank
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.49341, -81.5051
References
BAYLEY, W. S., 1923, THE MAGNETIC IRON ORES OF EAST TENNESSEE AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 29, 252 P.PRATT, J. H., 1914, THE MINING INDUSTRY IN NORTH CAROLINA DURING 1911 AND 1912: NORTH CAROLINA GEOL. AND ECON. SURVEY ECON. PAPER NO. 34, 342 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. 11914 OTHER PRATT, J. H., N. C. GEOL. & EC. PAPER 341923 OTHER BAYLEY, W. S., TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 29BAYLEY, W. S., 1923, P. 196 - 197BAYLEY, W. S., 1923, P. 197