| Lat / long: | 35.17872, -83.88462 |
| Primary: | Iron |
| Ore: | Limonite |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR, BLANKET |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | None |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| Host rock: | Residuum; Recent.;Andrews Formation-Thin Alt. Layers Of Marble And Biotite Schist |
| Host type: | Marble |
| Associated rock: | Metadiorite; Precambrian; Dark-Green, Locally Porphyritic, Pyroxenite And Amphibolite. 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 | K002588 |
| DEP | 10090053 |
| 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. AND ECON. SUR. BULL . 31}{Deposit:: 1946 DIREXPL ROBERTSON, USBM RPT. INV. RI 3974}{Deposit:: 1973 OTHER POWER AND FORREST, AM. JOUR. SCI., PAPER} |
| Reporter | Hale, Robin C. |