Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlBedding, Fractures, And Residuum.
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Clayey And Sandy Residuum;Mineral Bluff Formation, Quartz-Sericite Sc Hist Or Phyllite With Sandy Lenses And Intercalated Quartzites
StructureNortheast-Trending Strike Belts Define A Major Syncline
Tectonic settingGeosyncline
AlterationWeathering Of Iron-Bearing Minerals To Form Limonite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsAPRIL 1917 TO SUMMER 1921
First production1917
Identification
Deposit ID10102344
MRDS IDK002582
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.17844, -83.81351
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.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. 311973 OTHER POWER AND FORREST, AM. JOU R. SCI., PAPERBAYLEY, W.S., 1925, N.C. GEOL. AND ECON. SUR. BULL. 31