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Hayes-Hoblitzell Mine

Past Producer in Cherokee county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026117
MRDS ID K002590
Record type Site
Current site name Hayes-Hoblitzell Mine
Related records 10232430

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.92073, 35.17511 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.35 MILE NORTHWEST OF MOUTH OF PARSONS BRANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marble(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

  • BAYLEY (1925) NOTES THE POSSIBILITY THAT THIS MAY BE THE MORSE PROPERTY MENTIONED BY NITZE (1893, P. 202).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Chert Gangue

Alteration

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

Analytical data

Result IRON CONTENT OF 12 VEINS RANGED FROM 13.6% TO 44.6%.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Metadiorite, Dark-Green, Locally Porphyritic, Pyroxeniteand Amphibolite. Van Horn ( 1948 , P. 15 ) Terms These Rocks Metadiorite Because He Considers Them To Be Metamorphosed Diorites That Have Lost Their Feldspar And Quartz Through Metamorphism
    Rock description Metadiorite, Dark-Green, Locally Porphyritic, Pyroxeniteand Amphibolite. Van Horn ( 1948 , P. 15 ) Terms These Rocks Metadiorite Because He Considers Them To Be Metamorphosed Diorites That Have Lost Their Feldspar And Quartz Through Metamorphism
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Residuum;Andrews Formation, Thin Alternating Layers Of Marble And Biotite Schist
    Rock description Residuum;Andrews Formation, Thin Alternating Layers Of Marble And Biotite Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.92073, 35.17511
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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
    Strike N 45-50 E
    Dip 45 W TO 50 E
  • General form IRREGULAR
    Dip 45 W TO 50 E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding, Fractures, And Residuum

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE BROWN-IRON ORE OCCURS AND PEBBLE- TO BOULDER-SIZED FLOAT IN THE RESIDUUM AND AS IRREGULAR VEINS OR LAYERS INTERBEDDED AND CROSSCUTTING SCHIST. BAYLEY (1925) DESCRIBES THE ORE AS OCCURRING AS NUMEROUS SMALL VEINS FORMING A STOCKWORK ABOUT 50 FEET WIDE, WITH NO MAIN VEIN AS SUCH. ROBERTSON (1946) HOWEVER, STATES THAT "...THE MAIN VEIN MINED IN THE PIT IS ALMOST VERTICAL." HE STATES THAT THE ORE WAS APPARENTLY DEPOSITED IN A FAULT FISSURE THAT CUT THE SCHIST AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE BEDDING. HOWEVER, HE ALSO DESCRIBES OTHER VEINS AS PARALLEL TO BEDDING PLANES IN THE SCHIST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1861
Production years CIVIL WAR TO 1921

Mining district

District name Murphy Marble Belt

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner J. T. Hayes, G. B. Hoblitzell, Andrews Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES FROM THE CIVIL WAR TO 1917 ARE NOT AVAILABLE, BUT THE MAIN PERIOD OF MINING, 1917 TO 1921, PRODUCED ABOUT 30,000 TONS OF ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 487.68M
    Overall width 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE MAIN PIT IS ABOUT 350 FEET LONG, 75 FEET WIDE, AND 85 FEET DEEP AT ITS SOUTHWEST END. OTHER SMALLER PITS HAVE BEEN DUG ALONG STRIKE. IF THIS IS THE MORSE PROPERTY REFERRED TO BY NITZE (1893, P. 202), THEN AN OLD SHAFT IS ALSO PRESENT ON THE PROPERTY.

Comments on development

  • INTERMITTENT MINING HAS BEEN DONE SINCE THE CIVIL WAR. J.T. HAYES AND G.B. HOBLIZTELL ORGANIZED THE ANDREWS MINING COMPANY IN 1917, AND REPLACED HAND-MINING METHODS WITH STEAM-POWERED MINING EQUIPMENT. MINING IN THE MAIN PIT CEASED IN 1920, BUT THE LEASEES AND OTHER OPERATORS CONTINUED WORKING OTHER SMALLER PITS AND THE OLD DUMPS UNTIL SOMETIME DURING 1921. NO MINING HAS BEEN DONE ON THE PROPERTY SINCE 1921. ; ECON.COM: PHOSPHOROUS CONTENT OF OTHER SIMILAR ORES IN AREA IS TOO HIGH TO MEET SPECIFICATIONS FOR CURRENT MARKETS.

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 FORREST, AM. JOUR. SCI., PAPER

  • Production

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

Reporter information

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

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