C.M. Schlagel Iron Prospect

Past Producer in Cherokee 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. 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026115
MRDS ID K002586
Record type Site
Current site name C.M. Schlagel Iron Prospect
Related records 10200110

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.83296, 35.194 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 0.3 MILE NORTHEAST OF VALLEY RIVER CHURCH CEMETERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Andrews(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fontana Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(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

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE

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 TWO CARLOADS OF LIMONITE CONTAINED 45.80% FE AND 1.18% MN

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 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 Diorites That Have Lost Their Feldspar & Quartz Through Metamorphism
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Residuum;Andrews Formation, Thin Alternating Layers Of Marble & Biotite Schist
    Rock description Residuum;Andrews Formation, Thin Alternating Layers Of Marble & Biotite Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.83296, 35.194

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast-Trending Strike Belts Define A Major Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding, Fractures, And Residuum

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years SUMMER, 1918

Mining district

District name Murphy Marble Belt

Comments on the production information

  • 2 CARLOADS WERE CONVERTED TO 120 TONS

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SHALLOW PITS ON THE SLOPE OF THE HILL. BAYLEY (1925) PRESUMES THAT THE LIMONITE MASSES WERE WEATHERED FROM VEINS ALONG FRACTURES, BUT STATES THAT THE PITS DO NOT REVEAL THE SOURCE OF THE LIMONITE.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: DEPOSIT IS APPARENTLY SMALL AND WITHIN A POPULATED AREA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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