| Lat / long: | 35.01789, -84.02879 |
| Primary: | Iron |
| Ore: | Limonite |
| Gangue: | Quartz |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Yes |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Production years: | LATTER PART OF 180* |
| First production started: | 1875 |
| Host rock: | Residuum, Limonite Bearing Residual Clay;Brasstown Formation, Gray To Dark-Gray, Thin-Bedded Schist And Micaceous Quartzite, With Biotite Porphyroblasts In The Schist |
| Host type: | Quartzite |
| Tectonic: | Geosyncline |
| Alteration processes: | Weathering Of Iron-Bearing Minerals To Form Residual Limonite. |
| MRDS | K002580 |
| DEP | 10026110 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: 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.}{Deposit:: POWER, W.R., AND FORREST, J.T., 1973, STRATIGRAPHY AND PALEOGEOGRAPHY IN THE MURPHY MARBLE BELT: AM. JOUR. SCI., V. 273, P. 698-711.}{Deposit:: 1925 COMPILE BAYLEY, N.C. GEOL. AND ECON. SUR. BULL. 31}{Deposit:: 1973 OTHER POWER AND FORREST, AM. JOUR. S CI., PAPER}{Production:: BAYLEY, W.S., 1925, N.C. GEOL. AND ECON. SUR. BULL. 31} |
| Reporter | Hale, Robin C. |