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Unnamed Iron Prospect

Prospect in Watauga county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Iron
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026410
MRDS ID K005026
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Iron Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.809, 36.3162 (WGS84)
Relative position ONE MILE WEST OF BUCKEYE KNOB

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Watauga(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sherwood(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boone(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Watauga, North Carolina, Tennessee(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Watauga

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MAGNETITE OCCURS IN AN AEGIRINE GRANITIC GNEISS AS CRYSTALS UP TO 2 MM. NEARBY, ABUNDANT SECONDARY REPLACEMENT HEMATITE OCCURS WITHIN FLOAT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Aegirine Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.809, 36.3162
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Low - Angle Thrust Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROSPECT IS LOCATED ON RIDGE UNDERLAIN BY AEGIRINE GRANITIC GNEISS NEAR A LOW-ANGLE THRUST FAULT. MAGNETITE OCCURS IN THIS ROCK AS 1 TO 2 MM CRYSTALS. NEAR THE PROSPECT, ABUNDANT HEMATITE OCCURS AS SECONDARY REPLACEMENT MATERIAL WITHIN FLOAT OF THE BEDROCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT IS A CIRCULAR PIT ABOUT 20 FEET IN DIAMETER AND 5 FEET DEEP.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTING REPORTED DURING THE EARLY 1900'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BARTHOLOMEW, M. J., IN PROGRESS 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE SHERWOOD QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA AND TENNESSEE: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES SECTION MRS 214-SE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Bartholomew, Mervin J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1976 Fagan, James M. Tennessee Valley Authority

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