| Deposit ID | 10026108 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K002578 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | J.W. Cooper Prospect |
| Related records | 10256863 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -83.9324, 35.07511 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 0.8 MILE NORTHWEST OF ANDREWS DAM, ON THE WEST SIDE OF CALHOUN BRANCH |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Cherokee(county)
North Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Peachtree(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Fontana Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Hiwassee(hydrologic unit)
Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic subregion)
Tennessee(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Cherokee |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Goethite | Ore |
| Limonite | Ore |
| Result | USBM ANALYSIS, GRAB SAMPLE: 54.5% FE |
|---|---|
| Result | 5.2% SI |
| Result | 0.08% S |
| Result | AND 0.70% P |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||
| Rock unit name | 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 | ||
| Rock description | 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 Metamorphi | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble |
| Rock unit name | Residuum; Recent.;Andrews Formation-Thin Alt. Layers Of Marble And Biotite Schist;Murphy Marble, White-Bluish Gray-Black Fine-Coarse |
| Rock description | Residuum; Recent.;Andrews Formation-Thin Alt. Layers Of Marble And Biotite Schist;Murphy Marble, White-Bluish Gray-Black Fine-Coarse |
| (1) | -83.9324, 35.07511 |
|---|
| General form | LINEAR, IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Brasstown Belt Of Murphy Marble |
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| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | J. S. Cooper Heirs; George S. Evans (Heirs) |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K002578 |
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.
ROBERTSON, A.F., 1946, EXPLORATION OF THE CHEROKEE IRON DEPOSITS, CHEROKEE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RPT. INV. R.I. 3974, P. 31
1946 DIREXPL ROBERTSON, U.S.B.M. RPT. INV. 3974
COMPILE BAYLEY, N.C. GEOL. AND ECON. SUR. BULL. 31
ROBERTSON, A.F., 1946, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RPT., R.I. 3974.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSITS OF LIMONITE OCCUR ALONG AN ISOLATED BELT OF THE MURPHY MARBLE ALMOST ALONG ITS ENTIRE LENGTH, IN THE BRASSTOWN-PEACHTREE AREA. BAYLEY (1925) MENTIONS THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE LIMONITE DEPOSITS ARE MORE CLOSELY RELATED TO THE CONTACT OF THE MURPHY MARBLE WITH ADJACENT FORMATIONS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1974 | Hale, Robin C. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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