Puett Mine

Past Producer in Cherokee county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026119
MRDS ID K002592
Record type Site
Current site name Puett Mine
Related records 10305017

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.92573, 35.17261 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.1 MILE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF SCHOOL AT MARBLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marble(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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Alteration

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

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 And Amphibolite. V An 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 And Amphibolite. V An 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 > Marble
    Rock unit name Residuum;Andrews Formation, Thin Alternating Layers Of Marble And Biotite Schist
    Rock description Residuum;Andrews Formation, Thin Alternating Layers Of Marble And Biotite Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) Brasstown Formation

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, LINEAR
    Strike N 20 E
    Dip STEEPLY SE
    Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding, Fractures, And Residuum

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1914
Production years AROUND WORLD WAR I

Mining district

District name Murphy Marble Belt

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Betts, A. G.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE INCLUDED WITH THOSE OF THE MCHAN MINE TO THE NORTHEAST. PRODUCTION FOR THE TWO MINES IS REPORTED AT 1,500 TONS, UNSCREENED AND UNWASHED.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL PARTLY-FILLED OPEN PITS FORM A TREND ACROSS THE ROAD FROM MARBLE TO VENGEANCE CREEK; THE LARGEST PIT IS ABOUT 20 FEET DEEP AND EXPOSES A LITTLE "HARD" ORE.

Comments on development

  • THE PROPERTY WAS WORKED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NEIGHBORING MCHAN MINE. ; ECON.COM: DEPOSIT IS NOW IN A SETTLED AREA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.