| Lat / long: | 35.0965, -84.02934 |
| Primary: | Iron |
| Ore: | Limonite |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR, LINEAR |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Production years: | 1917, 1920 |
| First production started: | 1917 |
| Host rock: | Clayey And Sandy Residuum;Mineral Bluff Formation, Quartz-Sericite Schist Or Phyllite With Sandy Lenses And Intercalated Quartzites;Nottely Quartzite, Medium-Graine D Orthoquartzites |
| Host type: | Quartzite |
| 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 D10rites That Have Lost Their Feldspar And Quartz Through Metamorphism;;Metadiorite, Dark-Green, Locally Porphyritic, Pyroxenite, Amphibolite. Van Horn ( 1948 , P. 15 ) Terms These Rocks Me Tadiorite Because He Considers Them To Be Metamorphosed Diorites That Have Lost Their Feldspar, 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 | K002600 |
| DEP | 10102347 |
| 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, U.S.B.M. RPT. INV. 3974}{Deposit:: 1973 OTHER POWER AND FORREST, AM. JOUR. SCI., PAPER}{Production:: BAYLEY, W.S., 1925, N.C. GEOL. AND ECON. SUR., BULL. 31} |
| Reporter | Hale, Robin C. |