North Carolina · Buncombe County
Occurrence

Unnamed Magnetite Occurrence

Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States
Iron
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Commodities
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Ore mineralsMagnetite
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Aluminous Metasedimentary Rocks(Unit 3), Carolina Gneiss
Tectonic settingBlue Ridge
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10026456
MRDS IDK005096
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates35.8051, -82.51625
References
MERSCHAT, C. E., IN PROGRESS 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP AND MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE MARS HILL QUADRANGLE; NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. NAT. AND ECON. RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES SEC. GM 191-SE AND MRS 191-SE