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J.W. Walker Prospect

Past Producer in Cherokee county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026111
MRDS ID K002581
Record type Site
Current site name J.W. Walker Prospect
Related records 10297348

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.82101, 35.17455 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.6 MILE WEST-SOUTHWEST OF CONFLUENCE OF MCCLELLAN AND SNYDER CREEKS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Andrews(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)

Federal lands

Nantahala National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Croatan National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

National Forests in North Carolina(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Cherokee

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Weathering Of Iron-Bearing Minerals To Form Limonite

Analytical data

Result EIGHT CARLOADS OF UNWASHED ORE CONTAINED 44.04% FE, 1.02% MN, 0.84% P, 4.57% AL2O3, AND 20.15% INSOL. A COMPOSITE SAMPLE TAKEN FROM THE FIVE MAIN PITS ON THE PROPERTY CONTAINED: 48.41% FE, 2.36% MN, 0.349% P, AND 12.65% INSOL.
Result AL2O3 NOT DETERMINED (BAYLEY, 1925).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name 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
    Rock description 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Clayey And Sandy Residuum;Mineral Bluff Formation , Quartz-Sericite Schist Or Phyllite With Sandy Lenses And Intercalated Quartzites
    Rock description Clayey And Sandy Residuum;Mineral Bluff Formation , Quartz-Sericite Schist Or Phyllite With Sandy Lenses And Intercalated Quartzites

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.82101, 35.17455
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast-Trending Strike Belts Define A Major Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 9.14M
  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding, Fractures, And Residuum.

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMONITE OCCURS AS RESIDUAL MATERIAL IN THE OVERBURDEN AND AS MASSIVE, COMPACT VEINS IN THE SCHIST. MUCH OF THE ORE COULD BE SHIPPED WITHOUT WASHING. IN ADDITION TO THE TWO MAJOR VEINS ARE A NUMBER OF SMALLER ONES RANGING FROM A FEW INCHES TO 1.5 FEET IN WIDTH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1915
Production years WORLD WAR I

Mining district

District name Murphy Marble Belt

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Southern Iron Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • THE SIXTY CARLOADS OF LIMONITE WERE FOUND DURING EXPLORATION OF THE PROPERTY, AND WERE SHIPPED TO THE ROANE IRON COMPANY AT ROCKWOOD, TENNESSEE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF FIVE LARGE PITS AND SEVERAL SMALL TRENCHES THAT WERE MADE FOR EXPLORATORY PURPOSES. ABOUT 30 FEET OF ORE IS EXPOSED, COMPRISED OF TWO VEINS 15 AND 17 WIDE, SEPARATED BY ABOUT 3 FEET OF SANDY MATERIAL. THE WORKINGS INDICATE THAT THE DEPOSIT MAY BE SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET IN WIDTH. COUNTRY ROCK DIPS ABOUT 55 SE.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PHOSPHOROUS CONTENT IS TOO HIGH TO MEET CURRENT MARKET SPECIFICATIONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1974 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

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