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Calloway Magnetite Prospects

Occurrence in Ashe 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026399
MRDS ID K004811
Record type Site
Current site name Calloway Magnetite Prospects
Alternate or previous names Sand Bank
Related records 10126888

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.41538, 36.50841 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR THE RIDGECREST AND JUST BELOW A JEEP TRAIL, 1.45 MILES WNW OF HEALING SPRINGS CHURCH AT CRUMPLER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ashe(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grassy Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wytheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winston-Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper New(hydrologic unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Ashe

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Hornblende Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE SAMPLE ACROSS VEIN (PRATT, IN BAYLEY, 1923): 31.26% FE, 17.37% SIO2, 0.10% S, AND 0.028%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Cranberry Gneiss: Augen Gneiss And Porphyritic Gneiss (Rankin, Espenshade, And Neuman, 1972)
    Rock description Cranberry Gneiss: Augen Gneiss And Porphyritic Gneiss (Rankin, Espenshade, And Neuman, 1972)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.41538, 36.50841
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, PINCH AND SWELL
    Width 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ACCORDING TO BAYLEY (1923), THE COUNTRY ROCK ON THE DUMPS IS A "...FOLIATED BIOTITE - GNEISS, SHOWING NO TRACE OF EPIDOTE IN THE HAND SPECIMEN." THE ORE IS LIKE THAT ON THE BALLOU HOME PLACE: GRANULAR MAGNETITE INTERLAYERED WITH EPIDOTE - HORNBLENDE SCHIST; MAGNETITE INTERLAYERED WITH INTERMIXED MAGNETITE AND HORNBLENDE; AND FINE - GRAINED, COMPACT ORE CONSISTING OF MAGNETITE DISSEMINATED THROUGH A GANGUE OF HORNBLENDE, EPIDOTE, AND QUARTZ.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ballou Magnetite Belt

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Virginia Iron, Coal And Coke Co.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BAYLEY (1923) STATES THAT RESERVES ARE BASED ON ASSUMPTIONS: VEIN IS CONTINUOUS, 20 FEET WIDE, AND EXTENDS FROM THE HILL TOP TO THE RIVER.

Comments on the workings information

  • PRATT, IN BAYLEY (1923) STATES THAT THE DEPOSIT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BY CUTS AND TUNNELS, CHIEF OF WHICH IS A 103 - FOOT TUNNEL EXTENDING IN A N 35 E DIRECTION. CROSSCUTS GAVE A HORIZONTAL DISTANCE OF ABOUT 30 FEET ALONG THE VEIN. "ON THE CALLOWAY PROPERTY IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THERE IS A DISTANCE OF 450 FEET OF THE VEIN FROM THE TUNNEL TO WHERE IT CROSSES ONTO THE PROPERTY OWNED BY THE VIRGINIA IRON, COAL AND COKE COMPANY."

Comments on development

  • THE VIRGINIA IRON, COAL & COKE CO. PROSPECTED THE BALLOU BELT SOMETIME DURING THE PERIOD 1893 - 1923; THE RESULTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE (BAYLEY, 1923). ; ECON.COM: THE ORE IS SAID (BAYLEY, 1923) TO BE MORE SANDY THAN THAT AT THE BALLOU HOME PLACE, AND LESS SUSCEPTIBLE TO CONCENTRATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

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