Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR, BLANKET
Ore controlBedding, Fractures, And Residuum
Geology
Host rockMarble · Residuum; Recent.;Andrews Formation-Thin Alt. Layers Of Marble And Biotite Schist
Associated rockDiorite · Metadiorite; Precambrian; Dark-Green, Locally Porphyritic, Pyroxenite And Amphibolite. Van Horn (1948, P. 15) Terms These Rocks Metadiorite Because He Considers Them To Be Metamorphosed Diorites That Have Lost Their Feldspar And Quartz Through Metamorphism
StructureNortheast-Trending Strike Belts Define A Major Syncline
Tectonic settingGeosyncline
AlterationWeathering Of Iron-Bearing Minerals To Form Limonite
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10090053
MRDS IDK002588
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.17872, -83.88462
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. AND ECON. SUR. BULL . 311946 DIREXPL ROBERTSON, USBM RPT. INV. RI 39741973 OTHER POWER AND FORREST, AM. JOUR. SCI., PAPER