| Deposit ID | 10026121 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K002594 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Welch Iron Mine |
| Related records | 10199516 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -83.9524, 35.15594 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 0.3 MILE NORTH OF MOUTH OF POLE BRIDGE BRANCH |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Cherokee |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Limonite | Ore |
| 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 | ||
| |||
| 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 |
| (1) | -83.9524, 35.15594 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Northeast-Trending Strike Belts Define A Major Syncline |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Width | 1.83M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Murphy Marble Belt |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | J. W. Welch |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Overall length | 182.88M |
| Overall width | 15.24M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K002594 |
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.
1925 COMPILE BAYLEY, N.C. GEOL. & ECON. SUR. BULL. 31
1973 OTHER POWER AND FORREST, AM. JOUR. SCI., PAPER
BAYLEY, W.S., 1925, N.C. GEOL. & ECON. SUR., BULL. 31
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1974 | Hale, Robin C. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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