Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlNw- And Ne-Trending Fractures Or Small Faults
Materials
Ore mineralsGoethite, Hematite, Limonite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
StructureNw- And Ne-Trending Fractures
AlterationSericite, Pyrophyllite (Immediately West Of Deposit)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1775
Last production1903
Discovery year1750
Identification
Deposit ID10102379
MRDS IDK005045
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.65981, -79.42198
References
NITZE, 1893CARPENTER, P. A., III, 1976, METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA MINERAL RESOURCES SEC. BULL. 84, 166 P.; NITZE, H.B., 1893, IRON ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1, P. 51-56.; KERR, W.C. AND HANNA, B., 1888, ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPTER II, P. 137-139