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Mchan Mine

Past Producer in Cherokee 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. 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102345
MRDS ID K002591
Record type Site
Current site name Mchan Mine
Related records 10296604

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.92462, 35.17372 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.1 MILE EAST OF SCHOOL AT MARBLE

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

  • LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Alteration

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

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE OF 12 CARS BY ROANE IRON CO.: 10.86% SIO2
Result 5.30% AL2O3
Result 49.90% FE
Result 0.58% MN
Result 0.62% P.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Metadiorite, 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, 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
    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) -83.92462, 35.17372
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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 40 E
    Dip 35-40 S
    Thickness 3.05M
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding, Fractures, And Residuum

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMONITE IS PRESENT AS RESIDUAL MATERIAL IN THE OVERBURDEN AND AS VEINS WHICH FORM STOCKWORKS IN SANDY SCHIST. IN ONE OF THE PITS, THE VEINS STRIKE IN ALL DIRECTIONS WITHIN A ZONE THAT STRIKES NORTHEAST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1917
Production years 1917-1918

Mining district

District name Murphy Marble Belt

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mc Han, W.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE INCLUDED WITH THOSE OF THE PUETT MINE TO THE SOUTHWEST. PRODUCTION FOR THE TWO MINES IS REPORTED AT 1,500 TONS.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS INCLUDE SEVERAL LARGE PITS, THE LARGEST OF WHICH IS ABOUT 300 FEET LONG, 60 FEET WIDE, AND 50 FEET DEEP, OF WHICH THE UPPER 25 FEET ARE IN SAND. MOST OF THE VEINS ARE THIN, ALTHOUGH THE THICKER ONES RANGE FROM 3 TO 10 FEET IN THICKNESS.

Comments on development

  • MR. W. MCHAN MINED LIMONITE ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS DURING 1917 AND 1918, FIRST UNDER CONTRACT, THEN AS HIS OWN AGENT. ; ECON.COM: PHOSPHOROUS CONTENT IS TOO HIGH TO MEET CURRENT SPECIFICATIONS; DEPOSIT IS TOO CLOSE TO POPULATED AREA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

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