Unnamed Limonite Deposit

Occurrence in Jackson 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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10249150
MAS/MILS ID 0370990192
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Limonite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -83.27678, 35.4565 (WGS84)
Elevation 732

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whittier(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fontana Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tuckasegee(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Eastern Cherokee Reservation(Reservation)

Reservation BIA(Type of land area)

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Jackson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -83.27678, 35.4565

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KERR AND HANNA,1887,ORES OF N.C.,GEOL. SURV. OF N.C.,P. 183.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.