Mine detail: J.W. Walker Prospect

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Location

Lat / long: 35.17455, -83.82101

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Manganese
Ore: Limonite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: WORLD WAR I
First production started: 1915

Geology

Host rock:Clayey And Sandy Residuum;Mineral Bluff Formation , Quartz-Sericite Schist Or Phyllite With Sandy Lenses And Intercalated Quartzites
Host type:Quartzite
Associated rock:Metadiorite, Dark-Green, Locally Porphyritic; Pyroxenite Amphibo Lite.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
Associated type:Diorite
Structure:Northeast-Trending Strike Belts Define A Major Syncline
Tectonic:Geosyncline
Alteration processes:Weathering Of Iron-Bearing Minerals To Form Limonite

References

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DEP10026111
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. J OUR. SCI., PAPER}{Production:: BAYLEY, W.S., 1925, N.C. GEOL. AND ECON. SUR. BULL. 31}
ReporterHale, Robin C.