| Deposit ID | 10026124 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K002599 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Dockery Mine |
| Related records | 10175072 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -84.02823, 35.09955 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 0.6 MILE NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 19-129 BRIDGE OVER VALLEY RIVER, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MURPHY. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Cherokee(county)
North Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Murphy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Cleveland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Chattanooga(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 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||
| Rock unit name | Metadiorite, Dark-Green, Locally Porphyritic, Pyroxenite Amd 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, Dark-Green, Locally Porphyritic, Pyroxenite Amd 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 | ||
| |||
| 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 |
| (1) | -84.02823, 35.09955 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Northeast-Trending Strike Belts Define A Major Syncline |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Production years | ABOUT 1917 |
| District name | Murphy Marble Belt |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mr. F. R. Seely |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K002599 |
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, 31 P.
1925 COMPILE BAYLEY, N.C. GEOL. AND ECON. SUR. BULL. 31
1946 DIREXPL ROBERTSON, U.S.B.M. RPT. INV. 3974
1973 OTHER POWER AND FORREST, AM. JOUR. SCI., PAPER
BAYLEY, W.S., 1925, N.C. GEOL. AND ECON. SUR., BULL. 31
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | BAYLEY (1948) PLACES THE LOCATION OF THE MINE WITHIN THE STRIKE BELT OF THE ANDREWS FORMATION, AND STATES THAT LOCAL EXPOSURES OF THIS ROCK ARE NOT IN EVIDENCE. POWER AND FORREST (1973) NOTE THAT THE ANDREWS FORMATION UNDERLIES MANY BROWN IRON ORE DEPOSITS ALONG THE MURPHY MARBLE BELT OF ROCKS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1974 | Hale, Robin C. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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