Mine detail: Hayes-Hoblitzell Mine

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Location:	Cherokee County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long:	35.17511, -83.92073
dep_id:	10026117
mrds_id:	K002590
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Iron
Trace mineral:	Manganese
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Limonite
gangue:	Chert
orebody_fm:	IRREGULAR
work_type:	Surface
alteration:	Weathering Of Iron-Bearing Minerals To Form Limonite
ore_ctrl:	Bedding, Fractures, And Residuum
Reporter:	Hale, Robin C.
hrock_unit:	Residuum;Andrews Formation, Thin Alternating Layers Of Marble And Biotite Schist
hrock_type:	Marble
arock_unit:	Metadiorite, Dark-Green, Locally Porphyritic, Pyroxeniteand 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
arock_type:	Diorite
Structure:	Northeast-Trending Strike Belts Define A Major Syncline
tectonic:	Geosyncline
Year first produced:	1861
prod_yrs:	CIVIL WAR TO 1921
References:	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:: 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. 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:: 1946 DIREXPL ROBERTSON, U.S.B.M. RPT. INV. 3974 Deposit:: 1973 OTHER POWER FORREST, AM. JOUR. SCI., PAPER Production:: BAYLEY, W.S., 1925, N.C. GEOL.AND ECON. SUR., BULL. 31