Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formIRREGULAR, LINEAR
Ore controlBedding, Fractures, And Residuum.
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Clayey And Sandy Residuum;Mineral Bluff Formation, Quartz-Sericite Schist Or Phyllite With Sandy Lenses And Intercalated Quartzites;Nottely Quartzite, Medium-Graine D Orthoquartzites
Associated rockDiorite · Metadiorite, Dark Green, Locally Porphyritic, Pyroxenite, Amphibolite. Van Horn (1948, P. 15) Terms These Rocks Metadiorite Because He Considers Them To Be Metamorphosed D10rites That Have Lost Their Feldspar And Quartz Through Metamorphism;;Metadiorite, Dark-Green, Locally Porphyritic, Pyroxenite, Amphibolite. Van Horn ( 1948 , P. 15 ) Terms These Rocks Me Tadiorite Because He Considers Them To Be Metamorphosed Diorites That Have Lost Their Feldspar, Quartz Through Metamorphism
StructureNortheast-Trending Strike Belts Define A Major Syncline
Tectonic settingGeosyncline
AlterationWeathering Of Iron-Bearing Minerals To Form Limonite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1917, 1920
First production1917
Identification
Deposit ID10102347
MRDS IDK002600
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.0965, -84.02934
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, U.S.B.M. RPT. INV. 39741973 OTHER POWER AND FORREST, AM. JOUR. SCI., PAPERBAYLEY, W.S., 1925, N.C. GEOL. AND ECON. SUR., BULL. 31