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Hall-Starbuck Mine

Past Producer in Cherokee 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. 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102347
MRDS ID K002600
Record type Site
Current site name Hall-Starbuck Mine
Related records 10272679

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.02934, 35.0965 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.35 MILE NNE OF U.S. HWY. 19, 129 BRIDGE OVER THE VALLEY RIVER, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MURPHY

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Cherokee

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Alteration

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

Analytical data

Result THE ORE REPORTEDLY AVERAGED 48% IRON, AND RANGED FROM 44.5% TO 58% IRON.

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, Amphibolite. Van Horn (1948, P. 15) Terms These Rocks Metadiorite Because He Considers Them To Be Metamorphosed D10rites That Have Lost Their Feldspar And Quartz Through Metamorphism;;Metadiorite, Dark-Green, Locally Porphyritic, Pyroxenite, Amphibolite. Van Horn ( 1948 , P. 15 ) Terms These Rocks Me Tadiorite Because He Considers Them To Be Metamorphosed Diorites That Have Lost Their Feldspar, Quartz Through Metamorphism
    Rock description Metadiorite, Dark Green, Locally Porphyritic, Pyroxenite, Amphibolite. Van Horn (1948, P. 15) Terms These Rocks Metadiorite Because He Considers Them To Be Metamorphosed D10rites That Have Lost Their Feldspar And Quartz Through Metamorphism;;Metadiorite,
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Clayey And Sandy Residuum;Mineral Bluff Formation, Quartz-Sericite Schist Or Phyllite With Sandy Lenses And Intercalated Quartzites;Nottely Quartzite, Medium-Graine D Orthoquartzites
    Rock description Clayey And Sandy Residuum;Mineral Bluff Formation, Quartz-Sericite Schist Or Phyllite With Sandy Lenses And Intercalated Quartzites;Nottely Quartzite, Medium-Graine D Orthoquartzites

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.02934, 35.0965
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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

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 1917
Production years 1917, 1920

Mining district

District name Murphy Marble Belt

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ben Starbuck

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 100 CARLOADS OF ORE WERE REPORTEDLY SHIPPED DURING 1917. PRODUCTION FOR 1920 IS NOT KNOWN, BUT DAILY OUTPUT IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN ABOUT 60 TONS OF WASHED ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 365.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE WORKINGS CONSIST OF 4 OPEN PITS, THE CHIEF OF WHICH IS ABOUT 250 FEET LONG, 20 FEET WIDE, AND AS MUCH AS 25 FEET DEEP. BEDROCK DIPS 65 TO 70 DEGREES SOUTH.

Comments on development

  • F.R. SEELY WORKED THE MINE BRIEFLY IN 1917. IT WAS REOPENED IN 1920 AND WORKED FOR THE ROANE IRON COMPANY AT ROCKWOOD, TENNESSEE, BY BEN STARBUCK. ; ECON.COM: TYPE OF ORE AND TONNAGE ARE INSUFFICIENT FOR CURRENT MARKET REQUIREMENTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    POWER, W.R., AND FORREST, J.T., 1973, STRATIGRAPHY AND PALEOGEOGRAPHY IN THE MURPHY MARBLE BELT: AM. JOUR. SCI., V. 273, P. 698-711.

  • Deposit

    1925 COMPILE BAYLEY, N.C. GEOL. AND ECON. SUR. BULL. 31

  • Deposit

    1946 DIREXPL ROBERTSON, U.S.B.M. RPT. INV. 3974

  • Deposit

    1973 OTHER POWER AND FORREST, AM. JOUR. SCI., PAPER

  • Production

    BAYLEY, W.S., 1925, N.C. GEOL. AND ECON. SUR., BULL. 31

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE WORKINGS OCCUR "...BETWEEN A BELT OF QUARTZITE ON THE NORTHWEST AND OTTRELITE SCHISTS ON THE SOUTHEAST." (BAYLEY, 1925).

Reporter information

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

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