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Lunceford Magnetite Prospect

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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026402
MRDS ID K004814
Record type Site
Current site name Lunceford Magnetite Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.39149, 36.51758 (WGS84)
Relative position ONE MILE NORTH 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

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Hornblende Gangue

Analytical data

Result NITZE, IN BAYLEY (1923): 29.95% FE, 38.75% SIO2, 0.144% S, 0.390% P, AND P:FE RATIO 1.302

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • 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)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.39149, 36.51758
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, PINCH AND SWELL

Comments on the geologic information

  • NITZE (IN BAYLEY, 1923) REPORTED THAT THE "...ORE IS A GRANULAR MAGNETITE, WHICH AT THE SURFACE WAS SOFT, BUT WHICH BECAME HARDER AND MORE COMPACT WITH DEPTH, WHERE THE EPIDOTE INCREASED IN THE GANGUE, AND THE MICA SCHIST WAS CONFINED TO THE WALLS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ballou Magnetite Belt

Comments on the workings information

  • BAYLEY (1923) REPORTS SEVERAL LARGE CUTS OR PITS ON TOP OF A HILL NEAR THE RIVER, BUT STATES THAT NOTHING WAS SEEN IN THEM BECAUSE OF THEIR SLUMPED CONDITION. NITZE (1893) REPORTED THAT THE ORE ZONE MEASURED 13.5 FEET AT THE SURFACE, ITS FOOTWALL DIPS 44.5 DEG SE, AND ITS HANGING WALL AVERAGED 60 DEG SE.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: ORE IS LOW GRADE: LOW IN IRON AND HIGH IN PHOSPHOROUS

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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