| Deposit ID | 10090053 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K002588 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | George Luther Prospect |
| Related records | 10151426 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -83.88462, 35.17872 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 0.7 MILE EAST OF PARKER CEMETERY |
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 |
| Result | CLEAN ORE SAMPLE: 48.93% FE, 0.766% P (BAYLEY, 1925). USBM ANALYSES (ROBERTSON, 1946) OF SEVEN SAMPLES FROM AS MANY TEST PITS AND ROAD CUTS RANGES FROM 23.5 TO 44.2 PERCENT IRON. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Metadiorite; Precambrian; Dark-Green, Locally Porphyritic, Pyroxenite And 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; Precambrian; Dark-Green, Locally Porphyritic, Pyroxenite And 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 Metamorphi | ||||
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| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble |
| Rock unit name | Residuum; Recent.;Andrews Formation-Thin Alt. Layers Of Marble And Biotite Schist |
| Rock description | Residuum; Recent.;Andrews Formation-Thin Alt. Layers Of Marble And Biotite Schist |
| (1) | -83.88462, 35.17872 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Northeast-Trending Strike Belts Define A Major Syncline |
| General form | IRREGULAR, BLANKET |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 3.05M |
| Width | 12.19M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Murphy Marble Belt |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | S. S. Luther And Julia Luther (Robertson, . |
| Last year | 1946 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K002588 |
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.
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.
1925 COMPILE BAYLEY, N.C. GEOL. AND ECON. SUR. BULL . 31
1946 DIREXPL ROBERTSON, USBM RPT. INV. RI 3974
1973 OTHER POWER AND FORREST, AM. JOUR. SCI., PAPER
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1974 | Hale, Robin C. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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