| Deposit ID | 10026122 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K002596 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Kinsey-Betts Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Starbuck Iron Mine |
| Related records | 10224027 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -83.95962, 35.15205 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 0.35 MILE NORTHWEST OF MOUTH OF MORGAN CREEK |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Cherokee |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Limonite | Ore |
| Result | BAYLEY (1925) REPORTS THAT CARLOAD LOTS CONTAINED 48%-52% FE, 12% SIO2, 0.13% MN, AND 0.04% |
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| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Metadiorite, Dark-Green, Locally Porphyritic, Pyroxenite And Amphibolite. Van Horn ( 1948 , P. 15 ) Term S 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. Van Horn ( 1948 , P. 15 ) Term S These Rocks Metadiorite Because He Considers Them To Be Metamorphosed Diorites That Have Lost Their Feldspar And Quartz Through Metamorphism | ||||
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| 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;No Ttely Quartzite, Medium-Grained Ortho-Quartzite |
| Rock description | Residuum;Andrews Formation, Thin Alternating Layers Of Marble And Biotite Schist;No Ttely Quartzite, Medium-Grained Ortho-Quartzite |
| (1) | -83.95962, 35.15205 |
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| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Northeast-Trending Strike Belts Define A Major Syncline |
| General form | LENSES |
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| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1925 |
| District name | Murphy Marble Belt |
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| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ben Starbuck |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mrs. Kinsey |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Overall length | 99.06M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K002596 |
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.
1925 COMPILE BAYLEY, N.C. GEOL. AND ECON. SUR. BULL. 31
1973 OTHER POWER AND FORREST, AM. JOUR. SCI., PAPER
BAYLEY, W.S., 1925, N.C. GEOL. AND ECON. SUR., BULL. 31
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1974 | Hale, Robin C. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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