King Magnetite Prospect

Occurrence in Ashe 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026386
MRDS ID K004796
Record type Site
Current site name King Magnetite Prospect
Related records 10297135

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.50093, 36.4848 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.1 MILE N OF PHOENIX CHURCH AT BINA COMMUNITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ashe(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Warrensville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boone(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winston-Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper New(hydrologic unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Ashe

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result MR. COOKE, IN BAYLEY (1923) FURNISHED THE ANALYSIS OF THE ORE: 55.23% FE AND 0.0494%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Cranberry Gneiss: Augen Gneiss And Porphyritic Gneiss (Rankin, Espenshade, And Neuman, 1972)
    Rock description Cranberry Gneiss: Augen Gneiss And Porphyritic Gneiss (Rankin, Espenshade, And Neuman, 1972)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.50093, 36.4848

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, PINCH AND SWELL

Comments on the geologic information

  • BAYLEY (1923) STATES THAT THE DUMP IS COMPRISES OF "...BANDED GNEISSES THAT LOOK LIKE MICA SCHISTS IMPREGNATED WITH GRAPHITIC MATERIAL. IN THESE ARE LAYERS OF MAGNETITE, IN SOME CASES AS MUCH AS THREE - QUARTERS OF AN INCH THICK. IN OTHER PLACES THE MAGNETITE CROSSES THE GNEISS LAYERS AND INCLUDES SLIVERS OF THEM. OTHER FRAGMENTS ARE OF HORNBLENDE SCHIST CONTAINING LENSES OF FELDSPAR AS THOUGH IMPREGNATION WITH GRANITIC MATERIAL HAD TAKEN PLACE."

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mr. Cooke
  • Type Owner
    Owner King Property

Comments on the workings information

  • BAYLEY (1923) STATES THAT THE OLD TUNNEL OR ADIT, DUG BY MR. COOKE AT THE HILLTOP, IS IN BANDED GNEISSES CONTAINING LAYERS OF MAGNETITE AS MUCH AS 0.75 INCH IN THICKNESS.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: THE MAGNETITE IS LOW IN PHOSPHOROUS AND EASILY SEPARATED FROM THE GANGUE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ACCORDING TO BAYLEY (1923), THE POISON BRANCH BELT IS A CONTINUOUS SERIES OF DEPOSITS, WITH EACH DEPOSIT COMPRISED OF A NUMBER OF NEARLY PARALLEL, CLOSELY SPACED VEINS. COMMERCIAL PORTIONS OF THE ORE BODIES ARE "...IN THE FORM OF VEINS OR DIKES OF RICH MAGNETITE THAT CUT MASSES OF LEANER ORE. THE LEAN ORE COMPRISES THE LENSES."

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1975 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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