Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formLENS, PINCH AND SWELL
Materials
Ore mineralsMagnetite
GangueHornblende
Geology
Host rockGneiss
Associated rockGneiss · Cranberry Granite; Complex Of Intertonguing Rock Types Including Migmatite, Granitic Gneisses, Monzonite, Quartz Diorite, Greenstone, Mica And Hornblende Schists, Abundant Granitic Pegmatite
StructureWesterly, Granite Becomes Less Platy And Interfoliated Gneisses Become Less Abundant As Distance From Vein Increases.
Tectonic settingBlue Ridge
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1880
Discovery year1880
Identification
Deposit ID10102373
MRDS IDK004780
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.17065, -82.01151
References
STUCKEY, J. L., 1965, NORTH CAROLINA: ITS GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES: RALEIGH, N. C., NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. CONSERV. AND DEVEL., 550 P.BAYLEY, W. S., 1923, THE MAGNETIC IRON ORES OF EAST TENNESSEE AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 29, 252 P.KLINE, M. H., AND BALLARD, T. J., 1948, CRANBERRY MAGNETITE DEPOSITS, AVERY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, AND CARTER COUNTY, TENNESSEE: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. RI 4274, 85 P.1923 OTHER BAYLEY, W. S., TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 291965 COMPILE STUCKEY, J. L., N. C. DEPT. CONS. & DEVEL.GOLDICH, S. S., AND WEDOW, HELMUTH, JR., 1943, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE MAGNETIC IRON ORES OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND EASTERN TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN - FILE REPORT.1966 COMPILE BRYANT AND REED, GEOL. SURV. CIR. 521S. H. HAMILTON, IN UNPUBLISHED REPORT TO TENNESSEE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.S. H. HAMILTON IN BAYLEY, W. S., 1923, P. 120.