Mine detail: Monteith Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.01789, -84.02879

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Ore:	Limonite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	LATTER PART OF 180 *
First production started:	1875

Geology

Host rock:	Residuum, Limonite Bearing Residual Clay;Brasstown Formation, Gray To Dark-Gray, Thin-Bedded Schist And Micaceous Quartzite, With Biotite Porphyroblasts In The Schist
Host type:	Quartzite
Tectonic:	Geosyncline
Alteration processes:	Weathering Of Iron-Bearing Minerals To Form Residual Limonite.

References

MRDS	K002580
DEP	10026110
Reference	{Deposit:: 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.}{Deposit:: POWER, W.R., AND FORREST, J.T., 1973, STRATIGRAPHY AND PALEOGEOGRAPHY IN THE MURPHY MARBLE BELT: AM. JOUR. SCI., V. 273, P. 698-711.}{Deposit:: 1925 COMPILE BAYLEY, N.C. GEOL. AND ECON. SUR. BULL. 31}{Deposit:: 1973 OTHER POWER AND FORREST, AM. JOUR. S CI., PAPER}{Production:: BAYLEY, W.S., 1925, N.C. GEOL. AND ECON. SUR. BULL. 31}
Reporter	Hale, Robin C.