| Lat / long: | 35.17455, -83.82101 |
| Primary: | Iron |
| Tertiary: | Manganese |
| Ore: | Limonite |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Yes |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Production years: | WORLD WAR I |
| First production started: | 1915 |
| Host rock: | Clayey And Sandy Residuum;Mineral Bluff Formation , Quartz-Sericite Schist Or Phyllite With Sandy Lenses And Intercalated Quartzites |
| Host type: | Quartzite |
| Associated rock: | Metadiorite, Dark-Green, Locally Porphyritic; Pyroxenite Amphibo Lite.Van Horn ( 1948 , P. 15 ) Terms These Rocks Metadiorite Because He Considers Them To Be Metamorphosed Diorites That Have Lost Their Feldspar And Quartz Through Metamorphism |
| Associated type: | Diorite |
| Structure: | Northeast-Trending Strike Belts Define A Major Syncline |
| Tectonic: | Geosyncline |
| Alteration processes: | Weathering Of Iron-Bearing Minerals To Form Limonite |
| MRDS | K002581 |
| DEP | 10026111 |
| 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. J OUR. SCI., PAPER}{Production:: BAYLEY, W.S., 1925, N.C. GEOL. AND ECON. SUR. BULL. 31} |
| Reporter | Hale, Robin C. |