Mine detail: Ellis Magnetite Mine

Previously called 'Oakes Entry'

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Location: Carter County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.1787, -82.04512
dep_id: 10026371
mrds_id: K004776
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Magnetite
gangue: Epidote, Hornblende
orebody_fm: PINCH AND SWELL, LENS
Reporter: Hale, Robin C.
hrock_type: Gneiss
arock_unit: Cranberry Granite; Complex Of Intertonguing Rock Types Including Migmatite, Granitic Gneisses, Monzonite, Quartz Diorite, Greenstone, Mica And Hornblende Schists, Abundant Granitic Pegmatite
arock_type: Gneiss
Structure: Granite Becomes Less Platy And Interfoliated Gneisses Become Less Abundant As Distance From Vein Increases.
tectonic: Blue Ridge
Year first produced: 1917
References:
  • Deposit:: STUCKEY, J. L., 1965, NORTH CAROLINA: ITS GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES: RALEIGH, N. C., NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. CONSERV. AND DEVEL., 550 P.
  • Deposit:: BAYLEY, W. S., 1923, THE MAGNETIC IRON ORES OF EAST TENNESSEE AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 29, 252 P.
  • Deposit:: KLINE, M. H., AND BALLARD, T. J., 1948, CRANBERRY MAGNETITE DEPOSITS, AVERY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, AND CARTER COUNTY, TENNESSEE: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. RI 4274, 85 P.
  • Deposit:: 1923 OTHER BAYLEY, W. S., TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 29
  • Deposit:: 1965 COMPILE STUCKEY, J. L., N. C. DEPT. CONS. & DEVEL.
  • Deposit:: 1966 COMPILE BRYANT AND REED, GEOL. SURV. CIR. 521
  • Deposit:: GOLDICH, S. S., AND WEDOW, HELMUTH, JR., 1943, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE MAGNETIC IRON ORES OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND EASTERN TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN - FILE REPORT.
  • Production:: BAYLEY, W. S., 1923, P. 123 - 126.
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