| Lat / long: | 35.10539, -84.01907 |
| Primary: | Iron |
| Ore: | Limonite |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1915 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Yes |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Production years: | WWI |
| First production started: | 1915 |
| Host rock: | Residuum;Andrews Formation, Thin Alternating Layers Of Marble & Biotite Schist |
| Host type: | Marble |
| Associated rock: | Metadiorite, Dark-Green, Locally Porphyritic, Pyroxenite & Amphibolite. Van Horn ( 1948 , P. 15 ) Terms These Rocks Metadiorite Because He Considers Them To Be Metamorphosed |
| 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 | K002598 |
| DEP | 10026125 |
| 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:: 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.}{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. & ECON. SUR. BULL. 31}{Deposit:: 1946 DIREXPL ROBERTSON, U.S.B.M. RPT. INV. 3974}{Deposit:: 1973 OTHER POWER AND FORREST, AM. JOUR. SCI., PAPER}{Production:: ROBERTSON, A.F., 1946, U.S.B.M. RPT. INV. R.I. 3974} |
| Reporter | Hale, Robin C. |